Bound by Honor (1993)
Bound by Honor is a 1993 crime movie directed by Taylor Hackford, with a running time of 3h 10m. It stars Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego and Benjamin Bratt.
East Los Angeles, 1972. Three young men of the Vatos Locos, half-brothers Paco and Cruz and their lighter-skinned cousin Miklo, run the streets together until a violent night splinters their paths. One turns toward the law, one toward art and addiction, one into the prison yards of San Quentin, where survival means picking a side by the color of your skin. Drawn from poet Jimmy Santiago Baca's own life, Taylor Hackford's epic runs long and unsparing across years of family, loyalty, and the codes that both hold and destroy.
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What is Bound by Honor about?
East Los Angeles, 1972. Three young men of the Vatos Locos, half-brothers Paco and Cruz and their lighter-skinned cousin Miklo, run the streets together until a violent night splinters their paths. One turns toward the law, one toward art and addiction, one into the prison yards of San Quentin, where survival means picking a side by the color of your skin. Drawn from poet Jimmy Santiago Baca's own life, Taylor Hackford's epic runs long and unsparing across years of family, loyalty, and the codes that both hold and destroy.
When was Bound by Honor released?
Bound by Honor was released on 5 February 1993.
How long is Bound by Honor?
Bound by Honor runs 3h 10m.
Who made Bound by Honor?
Bound by Honor was directed by Taylor Hackford.
Where can I watch Bound by Honor?
Bound by Honor is available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Hulu.
Where to watch Bound by Honor
Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Hulu
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For more lives shaped by the barrio and the courtroom, Gods go begging is Alfredo Vea's novel of a Chicano defense lawyer haunted by Vietnam and the streets. On screen, El Chema tracks a man's rise through the Mexican drug trade with the same sense of the cost.
Crime dramas about brotherhood, loyalty and gang codes
Bound by Honor follows half-brothers and a cousin split apart by loyalty, violence and the codes of gang and prison life. These crime dramas share that pull between family and the street, tracking men bound to organizations that demand everything. Undercover cops, cartel bosses and rival crews test where loyalty really ends.
Chicano and Latino stories of the streets
Drawn from poet Jimmy Santiago Baca's own life, Bound by Honor roots its epic in Chicano East LA. These books carry the same Latino street voice, telling of identity, barrio life and survival from the inside. Oscar Zeta Acosta and Alfredo Vea write with the lived detail that gives the film its weight.
Books about drugs, prison and the outlaw pull
Bound by Honor spends its middle stretch in San Quentin, where survival means picking a side. These books dig into the same world of drugs, incarceration and the outlaw life's gravity. From cartel reporting to prison memoir, they trace how narcotics and lockups reshape the people caught inside them.