Blood In, Blood Out (Bound by Honor)

Blood In, Blood Out (Bound by Honor) (1993)

  • 55% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 91% of users liked it
    (46,871 ratings)

Taylor Hackford directed this urgent melodrama about the realities of street crime, gangs, and prison life among the Chicanos of East Los Angeles. Miklo (Damian Chapa), Paco (Benjamin Bratt) and Cruz (Jesse Borrego) are three friends who are living in the East Los Angeles of 1972 as it is torn apart… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Floyd Mutrux
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Apr 16, 1993 Wide
Buena Vista Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    When mainstream Hollywood tackles Hispanic-themed movies, such as this one, the results are usually disastrous. Though aiming at creating an authentic Hispanic street epic, the otherwise reliable Hackford has directed a diffues and cliche picture.

  • Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

    Long, ambitious and uneven, but an interesting project.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Flawed and perhaps a tad overlong, but pretty gripping all the same.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Cynthia S


    I viewed this movie because it got such terrific ratings. However, it was probably one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen. The acting, or should I say "over" acting, was ridiculous. I don't know what bothered me more: the fake Mexican accents, or the crazy way the… More

  • El Hombre I


    Like a Lifetime Original Movie version of American Me with a cast of actors leftover from the auditions.

  • Cassandra M


    Recently viewed this film which was called, "Blood In Blood Out" and could hardly believe the great details and realistic way this film was produced. There is no doubt that it showed what Prison Life really is like among all races, Black, Brown, White and many more and how… More

  • EightThirty .


    Good Story...The Wimp becomes the strongest Prisoner, The Gangster one Turns into a Cop and the Scholar becomes a Druggie...Great Movie

  • Michael S


    Epic storytelling. Despite the running time, this is a great movie.

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