Battle Royale vs Bound by Honor
Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.3/10 for Battle Royale). Battle Royale is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 3h . Bound by Honor is the older of the two (1993 against 2000). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Battle Royale
Bound by Honor| Battle Royale | Bound by Honor | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1993 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 3h |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Kinji Fukasaku | Taylor Hackford |
| Main cast | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando | Billy Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny Flaherty |
Synopsis
Battle Royale
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
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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