Alarum vs Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.7/10 for Alarum). Alarum is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 3h . Bound by Honor is the older of the two (1993 against 2025). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Alarum posterAlarum2025 VS Bound by Honor posterBound by Honor1993
AlarumBound by Honor
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 8.1/10
Year20251993
Length1h 35m3h
GenresAction, Crime, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorMichael PolishTaylor Hackford
Main castMike Colter, Sylvester Stallone, Joel Cohen, Beau Bommarito, Scott EastwoodBilly Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny Flaherty

Synopsis

Alarum

Two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe and Lara are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as Alarum.

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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