Bound by Honor vs The Foreigner
Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7/10 for The Foreigner). The Foreigner is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 3h . Bound by Honor is the older of the two (1993 against 2017). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Bound by Honor
The Foreigner| Bound by Honor | The Foreigner | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1993 | 2017 |
| Length | 3h | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Taylor Hackford | Martin Campbell |
| Main cast | Billy Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny Flaherty | Lia Williams, Charlie Murphy, Pierce Brosnan, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Pippa Bennett-Warner |
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 Foreigner
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
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