Bound by Honor vs Sin Nombre

Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.6/10 for Sin Nombre). Sin Nombre is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 3h . Bound by Honor is the older of the two (1993 against 2009). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bound by Honor posterBound by Honor1993 VS Sin Nombre posterSin Nombre2009
Bound by HonorSin Nombre
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 7.6/10
Year19932009
Length3h 1h 36m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorTaylor HackfordCary Joji Fukunaga
Main castBilly Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny FlahertyGerardo Taracena, Paulina Gaitán, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Noé Hernández, Harold Torres

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…

Sin Nombre

Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

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