RBound by Honor

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IMDB (35,569 votes)

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500M
500M
Play Time: 180 mins
Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller
Bound by Honor

Overview:
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 artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Status: Released (1993-02-05)
Awards:4 wins & 2 nominations total
BoxOffice:$4,496,583
Screen:Ross Thomas, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Jeremy Iacone
Productions: Hollywood Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Bound by Honor
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Chandler Danier

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First off, if you learn all the Spanish in this movie, you will be the coolest motherfucker in the world. Just like Miklo. Blonde, blue eyed but the Latines accept him in to their hearts. Gringo version of the gaijin dream. Not even Tom Cruise could be Japanese, though. The Latine cu ....

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