Bound (DVD)

Bound is the 1996 film from the Wachowski brothers, who went on to direct the Matrix trilogy The Plot Corky is an ex-con. She is working as a maintenance operator when she comes across Violet, and they feel an animal attraction to each other and start an affair. Violet's sleazy boyfriend, Caesar, is a money launderer for the Mafia who happens to get his hands on $2 million! Corky and Violet hatch a plot to rob Caesar of the money. The Cast and Performances This is very much a film-noir, and the performances do well in this respect. Gina Gershon plays Corky, and Jennifer Tilly plays Violet. The two combine with brilliant ...  Read the complete review

"Bound" with Gina Gershon was an unsual movie in that marked the directing debut of the Wachowski Brothers who made millions with the Matrix movies and Keanu Reeves. This was as you can call it their "experimental" film before they went to do bigger and better projects like "The Matrix". They brothers had just finished writing the somewhat lame flick "Assassins" and got the helm for "Bound" "Bound" is basically a mob crime film with lesbianism overtones that's it. However, there are some twists in "Bound" which separate from being just another mob movie. You got ...  Read the complete review

Bound basically is a gangster film-noir about a launderer for the mob called Ceaser (Joe Pantoliano) who has got his hands on $2 Million dollars. His girlfriend Violet (Jennifer Tilly) and her lesbian lover Corky (Gina Gershon) hatch a plan to steal the money. Corky is an ex-con just released from prison who Ceasar hires to fix his plumbing, when Violet drops her ring down the sink she calls on Corky to help, there is an instant spark between them and later on that night they make love in what is about the most explicit lesbian sex we are going to see in a mainstream movie. They even hired an advisor to make sure it looked real. The suspense near the end is kept ...  Read the complete review

This is the Wachowski Brothers other film than the Matrix, and it is much better than that worthless sci-fi rubbish. Here we have an intelligent spin, where a gangster's squeeze plots to double cross him with the help of her lesbian lover. Highly original, and with good acting from Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon this is a good evening's entertainment. Joe Pantoliano often irritates however, and the ending is a little tacked on, but even so, Bound is a good film. The DVD contains an excellent commentary which is informative and an more interesting than most. Buy the English version and not the American, as the English disc is in Anamorphic widescreen. ...  Read the complete review

After seeing quite a lot of style in the Matrix (though very little content) i thought i would try out this earlier title from the Wachowski Brothers. Here we find a film with a film noir feel, and highly stylised. However, that is really the only positive remarks i can make about it. The whole film is more like a chore and the supposed hot sex scenes, are poor, lack any feel chemical reaction between the leads and ends up looking like a very poor porno (without much nudity one might add). The actual disc is bog stanard, with a trailer, commentry and chapter selection. The actual picture quality is average at best and in some of the darker scenes, grain is ...  Read the complete review