Bound by Honor vs The Lookout

Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for The Lookout). The Lookout is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 3h . Bound by Honor is the older of the two (1993 against 2007). Both are crime, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bound by Honor posterBound by Honor1993 VS The Lookout posterThe Lookout2007
Bound by HonorThe Lookout
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.7/10
Year19932007
Length3h 1h 39m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorTaylor HackfordScott Frank
Main castBilly Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny FlahertyAlex Borstein, Carla Gugino, Matthew Goode, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, David Huband

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 Lookout

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

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