Bound by Honor vs The Professionals

Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.5/10 for The Professionals). The Professionals is the shorter watch at 1h 1m compared with 3h . The Professionals is the older of the two (1960 against 1993). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bound by Honor posterBound by Honor1993 VS The Professionals posterThe Professionals1960
Bound by HonorThe Professionals
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 5.5/10
Year19931960
Length3h 1h 1m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerCrime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorTaylor HackfordDon Sharp
Main castBilly Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny FlahertyWilliam Lucas, Andrew Faulds, Colette Wilde, Stratford Johns, Vilma Ann Leslie

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 Professionals

A renowned safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system.

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