Blood In, Blood Out

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Blood In, Blood Out

R

1993

3h 0m

Drama

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Prison, drugs and gang war touch three young men (Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt) in East Los Angeles from the 1970s to the 1990s.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

2/4

Bound by Honor contains some effective performances, some moments of deeply felt truth, and a portrait of prison life that I assume is accurate. What seems to be missing is a clear idea of why the movie was made.

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Lael Loewenstein

FilmWeek (LAist)

05/13/2024

It has an epic sweep to it... Performances are strong, script isn't bad. I wish it wasn't quite so long, but it's a powerful film.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

10/15/2021

4/5

It was very well rooted in reality, which is something we typically don't see in films like this. It was also rewarding to see things come full circle for our central characters.

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

10/15/2021

3/5

This is a very long movie but the performances elevated the material. Damian Chapa tried his best to lead this but there were some poor acting choices he made that threatened to derail the seriousness of the film.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

05/01/2006

2/5

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.

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Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

04/06/2004

3/5

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Christopher P

@Chivi 3h

Amazing. Vivan los Vatos Locos y La Onda

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Mourning K

Jul 6

Masterful character development and the definition of a perfect drama.

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Nicholas G

Jun 18

One of my favorite movies great script great story 100 percent recommend

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Martin R

Jun 16

Enrique Castillo was amazing in this movie. The whole movie was outstanding. Yes, there were some scenes that could've been better but over the directing and acting was superb. Outstanding acting from Benjamin Bratt, Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego and Victor Rivers to name a few of the actors. Hard to believe it's been more than 22 years since the movies release. I do not get tired of watching it.

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Zee F

Apr 20

The greatest and coolest prison movie ever made

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J P

Jan 26

If you like chicano culture and prison movies this is the one.

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Taylor Hackford

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Jesse Borrego

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Benjamin Bratt

Paco

Enrique Castillo

Montana

Victor Rivers

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Synopsis

Prison, drugs and gang war touch three young men (Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt) in East Los Angeles from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Director: Taylor Hackford
Producer: Taylor Hackford, Jerry Gershwin
Screenwriter: Jeremy Iacone, Floyd Mutrux, Jimmy Santiago Baca
Production Co: Hollywood Pictures, Touchwood Pacific Partners 1
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Sep 7, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.0M
Runtime: 3h 0m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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