Bound by Honor vs Ripley's Game
Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.4/10 for Ripley's Game). Ripley's Game is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 3h . Bound by Honor is the older of the two (1993 against 2002). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Bound by Honor | Ripley's Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 2002 |
| Length | 3h | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Crime, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Taylor Hackford | Liliana Cavani |
| Main cast | Billy Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny Flaherty | Lena Headey, Dougray Scott, John Malkovich, Ray Winstone, Chiara Caselli |
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…
Ripley's Game
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and…
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