This was a new one on me: the lesbian film noir (never quite made it as a genre unto itself, though I suppose ‘Monkey’s Mask’ with Kelly McGillis would qualify). The Wachowski brothers (who, besides having penned forgettable Stallone/Banderas action movie ‘Assassins’, were practically unknown) turned out this stylish but patchy noir with some good dialogue (though a few innuendos seem better suited to the ‘Carry On..’ franchise), a couple of very tense scenes (e.g. blood on the rug, champagne bottle etc) and the unlikely paring of Jennifer Tilly and Gina Ghershon. ‘Bound’ is a good, but not great, movie and gives almost no hint of the fact that the brothers would go onto helm modern calssic ‘The Matrix’ a mere three years later (though look out for the use of bullet-time near the end). 'Bound' is best seen a comic book noir, and you'll be hard pressed not to smirk when they use Tom Jones’s ‘She’s A Lady’ on the soundtrack.
Posted by eightieschick (Member # 4385) on :
Sounds good, I'll have to keep an eye out for it.
Posted by MotleyRulz (Member # 3598) on :
This was a great movie indeed!!!
Posted by stu1984 (Member # 3248) on :
Brilliant film, and not just for the obvious reason Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Very good movie! Not for the kiddies, though!
As for Kash's comment:
quote:... "Bound" is a good, but not great, movie and gives almost no hint of the fact that the [Wachowski] brothers would go onto helm modern classic "The Matrix" a mere three years later
Well, there's a bit of kinky stuff in "Bound", but both films have that dark neo-noir look. The fact that one of the brothers left his wife for a professional dominatrix after the film came out, gives it an added dimension.
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on :
Steven, I heard Andy Wachowski expressed an interest in becoming a woman whislt Larry did indeed leave his wife for a dominatrix, ahh the perils of fame Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
I'll keep my Bound commnents to a minimum.
Good flick. That should do it.
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