Bound Movie

Bound
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Run Time: 107 min
MPAA Rating: R
Released: 1996
Directors: Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
Genre/Type: Crime
Crime Drama
Gay & Lesbian Films
Erotic Thriller
Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
Producers: Stuart Boros
Andrew Lazar
Plot Synopsis by Don Kaye
Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly nearly set the screen on fire in this clever, female-powered twist on the standard Mob caper film. Gershon is Corky, an ex-con renovating the apartment next door to where Tilly's Violet lives. Violet is the moll of psychotic gangster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), who uses the apartment as an occasional location for meetings and beatings, and also uses Violet as an occasional plaything for his Mob cronies. Violet is attracted to the super-sexy Corky, and the two begin an intense affair. Corky hatches a plot to escape with $2 million that Caesar is planning to give to a Mob boss, and the mayhem escalates from there.

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Cast

Actors Character Born
Jennifer Tilly Violet Sep 16, 1958 in Harbor City, CA
Gina Gershon Corky Jun 10, 1962
Joe Pantoliano Caesar Sep 12, 1954 in Hoboken, NJ
Barry Kivel Shelly
Christopher Meloni Johnnie Marconi
John Ryan Mickey Malnato Jul 30, 1936 in New York, NY
Richard Sarafian Gino Marzzone Apr 28, 1932 in New York City, NY
Peter Spellos Lou
Mary Mara Bartender
Ivan Kane cop
Gene Borkan Roy
Susie Bright Jesse
Kevin Richardson cop
Margaret Smith Woman Cop

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Review by Jason Clark
A schlocky, B-movie concept given a stylish, undeniably exciting twist, this auspicious first feature from Andy and Larry Wachowski, (whose most notable previous screen credit was scripting the silly Sylvester Stallone-Antonio Banderas thriller Assassins) gives neo-noir a cheeky new life. It has the standard good guys-bad guys storyline, but the freshness of the film lies not in making our protagonists sexy lesbian women (though that creates much interest), but in the fact that the directors allow sufficient character development. The film is sexy without being smutty, visually innovative without being too in-your-face, and acted to perfection by a highly intuitive cast of performers. It received much notice for its admittedly steamy bedroom scenes between the lead females, but equal notice should be given to the taut, fiercely enjoyable storytelling which, despite the lurid subject matter, never feels exploitive or gives the impression of appealing only to the lowest common denominator. Bound's evocative visual style and color schemes would later present themselves in the Wachowski's 1999 mega-hit The Matrix.
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