The plot is a Woman, an ex con who meets her neighbors, Jennifer tilly and Joey Pantelioni who turns out to be a monster.įirst the move totally flips gender norms, making the main character a butch lesbian woman who becomes involved with Jennifer tilly. The film could easily be B-Movie pulp in lesser hands but they directing the over loving day lights out of it. From grimy peeling apartments to immaculate well dressed apartment. They even play with the same textures of setting you later see in the matrix just on a much smaller scale yet, no less affecting. The camera work and editing is so stunning, they turn every shot into an opportunity to do something interesting. Not to mention The Wachowskis direct the ever loving sh*t out of this film where anyone else could have let this easily fall flat and completely uninteresting.įirstly I can’t not watch this film through the prism of knowing their next film would be the Matrix, and it’s a really exciting film to watch knowing what’s in store. The Wachowskis essentially take a classic Femme Fatale, Neo Noir crime thriller and by flipping several cliches on their head end up with something complexly ahead of it last time. started out doing, and honestly I can’t believe this film isn’t spoken about far more often. In my mind this rivals anything the Cohen Brothers, Christopher Nolan or even David Fincher. This film isn’t just a competent film showing promise from first time directors, this film shows two filmmakers demonstrating a mastery over cinematic storytelling in a hyper minimalist, contained setting. I’d been vaguely aware of the film ever since the matrix release and for whatever reason I’d dismissed this film as probably a competent but unnecessary film from first time directors. I finally broke down and decided to watch The Wachowskis debut film Bound. Recently I finished my millionth rewatch of the Matrix and it left me hungry for more similar content.
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