Bound by Honor (1993)

★ 8.1 3h 10m 1,501 votes IMDb
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Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

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Cast

Damian Chapa
Damian Chapa as Miklo Age 62 · Dayton, Ohio, USA Damian Robert Chapa (born October 29, 1963) is a Native-Latino American actor, film director and film producer. Chapa was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was briefly married to Natasha Henstridge. Amon...
Jesse Borrego
Jesse Borrego as Cruz Age 63
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt as Paco Age 62 · San Francisco, California, USA Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for playing Paco Aguilar in Blood In Blood Out. He had supporting film roles in the 1990s in Demolition Man (1993), Clear and...
Enrique Castillo
Enrique Castillo as Montana Age 76 · Calexico, California, USA Castillo was a founding member of The Latino Theater Company. He co-wrote the company’s plays Stone Wedding and August 29. In addition to the plays, he wrote and directed the film The History of The L...
Victor Rivers
Victor Rivers as Magic Mike Age 70 · Sancti Spíritus, Cuba Victor Rivers (born Victor Rivas in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba) is a Cuban-American actor, known for The Mask of Zorro (1998), Blood In, Blood Out (1993) and Hulk (2003). He has been married to Mim Eichler...
Delroy Lindo
Delroy Lindo as Bonafide Age 73 · Eltham, London, England, UK Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is a British actor. Starting his career in the 1975 stage production of Of Mice and Men, he later earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor for...
Director Taylor Hackford
Cast Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Victor Rivers, Delroy Lindo, Tom Towles, Carlos Carrasco, Teddy Wilson, Raymond Cruz

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Chandler Danier 10/10 Apr 18, 2024
First off, if you learn all the Spanish in this movie, you will be the coolest motherfucker in the world. Just like Miklo. Blonde, blue eyed but the Latines accept him in to their hearts. Gringo version of the gaijin dream. Not even Tom Cruise could be Japanese, though. The Latine culture is just so much more welcoming!

This movie is called Blood in Blood out. It is not called Bound By Honor. Stupid name. The act of swearing blood oaths is honour-based. Blood In. Blood Out. But then it doesn't really mean a blood oath. But it kind of is. It's a very good title.

It's long. Good god is it long. But I enjoyed it. Laughed a bit. Intense shit happens. Amazing Spanish. Vatos Locos, baby. I want to be in a gang now...but I'm old and from a small mountain town and only had 2 channels. I could be in a gang but I'm not really drawn to the life in a meaningful way.

I hope that tamale place and tree are still there.

Blood in...blood ouuuuut!!!

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