A Bittersweet Life vs Bound by Honor
Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.4/10 for A Bittersweet Life). A Bittersweet Life is the shorter watch at 1h 59m compared with 3h . Bound by Honor is the older of the two (1993 against 2005). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Bittersweet Life
Bound by Honor| A Bittersweet Life | Bound by Honor | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 1993 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 3h |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kim Jee-woon | Taylor Hackford |
| Main cast | Kim Yeong-cheol, Lee Ki-young, Lee Byung-hun, Kim Roi-ha, Hwang Jung-min | Billy Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny Flaherty |
Synopsis
A Bittersweet Life
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Bound by Honor
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…
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