Review of Bound (1996) by Martin B — 04 Sep 2010

It's great to see the Wachowski brothers' skill put to work, especially before the Matrix. It's almost a homage to all of the directors who influenced them (Coens, Tarantino), while we can see that influence shaping into something completely different, a clean, fast-paced style that would appear in the rest of the duo's work.

The acting, especially from the ladies, seems to be porno-acting (not bad but somewhat too erotic-ish), so it comes to no surprise when we get the balls-to-the-wall lesbian love scenes that make me wish I'd heard of this a long time ago.

The story is great, and the whole gay twist actually adds some humor to the movie, for instance Caesar (Joe Pantilliano!) comes home to see his wife (Jennifer Tilly) has company, and he gets upset until he realizes that another woman is there.

While they had been indeed fraternizing, Caesar doesn't expect it of course so he moves on. The two lovers play with Caesar more when they decide to steal money from him and blame it on the mob he works for, and then everything gets out of hand, naturally.

While there wasn't much to the soundtrack, "She's a Lady" was more than an appropriate choice as the closing song, as it shows that the Wachowski's put all they had into making this a memorable film that will probably be forgotten due to it's sexual nature.