Bound by Honor vs The Raid

Bound by Honor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.4/10 for The Raid). The Raid is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 3h . Bound by Honor is the older of the two (1993 against 2012). Both are action, crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bound by Honor posterBound by Honor1993 VS The Raid posterThe Raid2012
Bound by HonorThe Raid
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 7.4/10
Year19932012
Length3h 1h 41m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Thriller
Country––
DirectorTaylor HackfordGareth Evans
Main castBilly Bob Thornton, Valente Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Lanny FlahertyIko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Pierre Gruno

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 Raid

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter…

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