Review of Bound (1996) by Red M — 26 Aug 2017

Only a true Wachowski fan will know that they made this movie before The Matrix. The converted is very, very, VERY unlikely to know that this movie existed because the film somehow managed to be a box office bomb in spite of being filmed on a shoestring budget with only one scene in the entire movie taking place outside of the apartment.

For an LGBT movie, it doesn't focus on those themes. It has lesbians but it's not about lesbians. And that's what makes the movie so refreshing. The Wachowskis' direction is really stylish in this movie and I think Joe Pantoliano is the one who truly steals the show.

The movie also adds a bit of dark humour in it. For a movie with a small budget, it still managed to keep me entertained and on the edge of my seat throughout. This is likely to be the Wachowski fanboy inside me but I was satisifed with what the film had to offer by putting a twist on the "heist-gone-wrong" storyline.

Sometimes, all it takes is a panicking Joe Pantoliano because of a certain big Mafia dude and all the money having gone missing leading to him constantly cursing. So, as I finally appease my lords The Wachowskis (it's a joke, don't take it too seriously) by watching the one film of theirs I had yet to cover unless you include the live-action cutscenes in the video game Enter The Matrix, what is Bound? The answer: a stylishly directed crime flick that's also a bit darkly humorous with an LGBT story with not too much unnecessary focus being put on the lesbian aspect of the movie leading to a great directorial debut from the siblings before they would truly rise to fame with The Matrix 3 years later.