Bound by Honor vs The Bogus Policeman
Bound by Honor and The Bogus Policeman are tied on audience score (8.1/10). The Bogus Policeman is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 3h . The Bogus Policeman is the older of the two (1967 against 1993). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bound by Honor
The Bogus Policeman| Bound by Honor | The Bogus Policeman | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 1967 |
| Length | 3h | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Taylor Hackford | Satsuo Yamamoto |
| Main cast | Billy Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny Flaherty | Shintarō Katsu, Shirō Ōsaka, Yūnosuke Itō, Michiko Sugata, Daisuke Katō |
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…
The Bogus Policeman
Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while doing one of his good deeds. He saves a child from drowning, restores it to his mother, then finds that someone has run off with his gun and later uses it to kill. Then he breaks up a group of hoodlums attacking a young girl named Mieko, and the police, his former friends, deciding he has gone too…
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