Bound by Honor vs Deep Cover

Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.8/10 for Deep Cover). Deep Cover is the shorter watch at 1h 48m compared with 3h . Deep Cover is the older of the two (1992 against 1993). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bound by Honor posterBound by Honor1993 VS Deep Cover posterDeep Cover1992
Bound by HonorDeep Cover
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.8/10
Year19931992
Length3h 1h 48m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorTaylor HackfordBill Duke
Main castBilly Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny FlahertyLaurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Glynn Turman, Clarence Williams III, Charles Martin Smith

Synopsis

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…

Deep Cover

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.

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