Blood in Blood Out

Blood In Blood Out aka Bound by Honor
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Directed by	Taylor Hackford
Produced by	Jimmy Santiago Baca Taylor Hackford Jeremy Iacone Stratton Leopold
Written by	Shades Jimmy Santiago Baca Jeremy Iacone Floyd Mutrux
Starring	Damian Chapa Jesse Borrego Benjamin Bratt Enrique Castillo Victor Rivers Delroy Lindo Tom Towles Carlos Carrasco
Music by	Bill Conti
Editing by	Fredric Steinkamp Karl F. Steinkamp
Distributed by	Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s)	April 16, 1993
Running time	180 min. (theatrical) 190 min. (director's cut)
Country	United States
Language	English Spanish Arabic
Budget	$35,000,000 (estimated)
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Blood In Blood Out (also known as Bound by Honor) is a 1993 crime drama film directed by Taylor Hackford. It follows the intertwining lives of the three Chicano relatives, Miklo (Damian Chapa), Cruz (Jesse Borrego) and Paco (Benjamin Bratt) from 1972 through to the mid 1980s. They start out as members of the street gang Vatos Locos "in East los" East Los Angeles, and as dramatic incidents occur, their lives and friendships are forever changed. Blood In Blood Out was filmed throughout the Spanish-speaking areas of Los Angeles and inside California's San Quentin State Prison.

Synopsis

Miklo is a biracial man who attacked his father, then moved in with his cousins. Miklo has a Mexican accent, but appears Caucasian as his father was Whiteand he is thus less accepted among the people of the El Pico Aliso barrio. It has also earned him the nickname "Milkweed." On his return from juvenile hall, Miklo proves himself worthy for the gang when he attacks a rival gang, Tres Puntos. His assault earns him a placa, a tattoo as a token of his membership in the Vatos Locos street gang. The Tres Puntos gang takes revenge by brutally attacking Cruz and damaging his back for life. When Vatos Locos learn of the attack, they perform a well-planned counterattack which ends withthe murder of the rival gang's leader (Spider). Miklo and Paco are apprehended by the police.

Miklo is sent to San Quentin State Prison for violating his probation, Paco volunteers for military service in the United States Marine Corps and Cruz becomes a heroin addict. His addiction leads to him being disowned by his family after his 13-year-old brother Juanito dies of an accidental overdose on Cruz's heroin supply. Paco becomes an L.A.P.D. narcotics detective after leaving the Marine Corps.

Miklo finds trouble adapting to prison life as his multiethnic heritage prevents him from fitting into a racially-segregated penetentiary. The prison is run by three race-based gangs, the Black Guerrilla Army, the Aryan Vanguard and La Onda. Miklo is brought to meet the head of La Onda by a fellow inmate who recognizes his gang tattoo. La Onda's members do not initially accept Miklo due to his White appearance, and the Aryan inmates are trying to make Miklo into their sex slave. After meeting La Onda's leader Montana, he is told the only way into La Onda is killing an enemy inmate, in Miklo's case a white inmate due to their current war and his White appearance. Miklo agrees to do so, and after gaining the trust of gambling lord Big Al; stabs him to death during a sexual encounter in the prison kitchen and stealing his gambling information from him in the process. The corrections officers are unable to charge Miklo with the crime, as he has threatened to testify against them with information regarding the gambling kickbacks which they had taken from Big Al. Miklo is initiated into La Onda and the leader helps Miklo in his efforts to be released on parole. Outside, he's disgusted by his menial job on which his supervisor is robbing him, so he joins in an armed robbery, where he is intercepted by Paco, now a decorated cop. Miklos flees. Paco screams in agony and shoots his cousin in the leg, which later has to be amputated. Returning to prison, Miklo is promoted to the Ruling Council of La Onda. Miklo notices a number of prisoners are addicted to cocaine and figures out that the Aryans are attempting to supply the Black and Hispanic inmates with all the cocaine they wish for as a means of having them kill each other while the Aryans run the prison economically. Montana, however, refuses to allow La Onda to enter the drug trade, saying that the gang's purpose is to protect the Chicano people. This causes a rift in La Onda and Carlos, one of the main members who wants to deal cocaine, leaves the gang to work with the Aryans, doing this causes other members to leave as well. Miklo knows that the Aryans are using Carlos and will kill him when they're done. Carlos gets his brother to bomb a hangout called Cheap Times, one of the B.G.A.'s spots. After all of this happens, Carlos' usefulness has come to an end and the Aryans kill him.

Montana and Bonafide agree not to go to war because only the Aryan Vanguard would benefit. So the warden has a talk with Montana and he is sent to Chino and Folsom Prison to talk to the leaders of La Onda at each of the prisons. On the outside, a hit is put out on Smoky, for his role in the bombing of Cheap Times, but he escapes with his life and he calls Paco and tries to get protection in return for information on La Onda. As Paco arrives at the church, where he is to meet Smoky, he finds that Smoky is already dead.

Meanwhile, Montana is about to leave for Folsom and Chino, so he leaves Miklo in charge while he is gone. Montana is granted a special request, and he gets to stay overnight at a random jail where he can see his daughter. On the morning of the visit, Montana is stabbed to death outside his cell by a member of the Black Guerilla Army (B.G.A.). Believing that the Aryans sent forged orders to the hitman, Paco arranges a peace conference between La Onda and the B.G.A. However, Miklo, La Onda's new leader, manipulates the peace talks in order to build an alliance with the B.G.A., letting Paco believe that the conference has been successful.

As the celebrations for The Day of the Dead explode through East L.A., enforcers for La Onda and the B.G.A. sweep through San Quentin, slaughtering the leaders of the Aryan Vanguard. After the killings are done, the leader of the B.G.A. suggests that if they continue their alliance, they can rule San Quentin. Miklo's men promptly exterminate the Black Guerrilla Army.

Police officers such as Paco's partner Rollie are pleased as the inmates' deaths will save the taxpayers' money. Paco is enraged that his own cousin has played him for a fool and confronts Miklo. Miklo responds that he has attained his destiny and found La Raza. Paco retorts that La Raza has nothing to do with the gangsterism of La Onda and everything to do with honest Latinos trying to raise their children in peace. Paco disowning him forever.

Miklo's cellmate, "Magic," gives Miklo the mold which they used to send the forged orders to the B.G.A. hit man. Miklo sobs in grief over Montana's death, "I loved him!" Magic responds,

"We both loved him, but we did what we had to do for La Onda. You were right."

As Miklo destroys the mold, Magic tells La Onda's new boss,

"I give my life to you, Jefe."

Cast

Role	Actor
Miklo	Damian Chapa
Cruz	Jesse Borrego
Paco	Benjamin Bratt
Montana	Enrique Castillo
Magic Mike	Victor Rivers
Bonafide	Delroy Lindo
Red Ryder	Tom Towles
Popeye	Carlos Carrasco
Wallace	Teddy Wilson
Chuey	Raymond Cruz
Frankie	Valente Rodriguez
Big Al	Lanny Flaherty
Lightning	Billy Bob Thornton
Carlos	Geoffrey Rivas
Spider	Ray Oriel
Geronimo	Danny Trejo
Clavo	Gary Tacon
Realthing	Luis Contreras
Apache	Paulo Tocha
Joker	Eddie Perez

External links

• Blood In Blood Out at the Internet Movie Database
• Blood In Blood Out at Allmovie
• Blood In Blood Out at Rotten Tomatoes

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