Movie of the Day "Bound"

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Andy and Larry Wachowski made their directorial debut with this crime-thriller. Gina Gershon stars as a handywoman who crosses paths with a gangster's moll (Jennifer Tilly) and likes what she sees. Before you can say, "Unhook my brassiere," they decide to filch $2 million and hit the road together. But Tilly's beau (Joe Pantoliano) isn't keen on giving up his money or his girl.

Part exploitation movie and part crime noir,  I think that this is the most personal film we are likely to get from the elusive Wachowski Brothers. The S&M sexuality, the masculine female characters. It's the type of film that doesn't really surprise you when you know that these are the same guys behind the creation of Matrix.

In a lot of ways I think that this film is a lot better than the Matrix. What I love about the Matrix is it's ability to expand on a simple idea and flesh it out into a "philosophic" film about existence. But in Bound things are pulpier and by nature they have to hit certain plot points. That's something that the old film noirs and westerns did amazingly. They just told stories. Every once in a while there was some flashy stuff with cameras performance or lighting. But overall they just told stories.

And that's what I dig about Bound, because while it sometimes feels like the cheap "lesbo-tits" movie that you see on Showtime at two o'clock in the morning it tells one hell of a story and it's big set piece (The Paint cans and the Shootout) is amazing!

This is good B-Movie stuff!

So enjoy!

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