Film

Bound 1996

Directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

  • Drama, Thriller, Crime
  • 105 min
  • R

For money. For murder. For each other.

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

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Character

Grave, classical in form, plot-driven and spare.

  • gravecomic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • sparerichly built
  • resolvedopen-ended

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The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 33The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 33The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 22The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 22The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 22The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 11The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 11The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 11loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

23 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Genre Devotees.

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