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Tarfumes.com - Bound (1996)
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $14.95
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni
Directed By: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304342169
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6304342160
Label: Republic Pictures
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: 1997-11-11
Running Time: 108
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1996-10-04
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Editorial Reviews:
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Destined for cult status, this provocative thriller offers a grab bag of genres (gangster movie, comedy, sexy romance, crime caper) and tops it all off with steamy passion between lesbian ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) and a not-so-ditzy gun moll named Violet (Jennifer Tilly), who meets Corky and immediately tires of her mobster boyfriend (Joe Pantoliano). Desperate to break away from the Mob's influence and live happily ever after, the daring dames hatch a plot to steal $2 million of Mafia money. Their scheme runs into a series of escalating complications, until their very survival depends on split-second timing and criminal ingenuity. Simultaneously violent, funny, and suspenseful, Bound is sure to test your tolerance for bloodshed, but the film is crafted with such undeniable skill that several critics (including Roger Ebert) placed it on their top-ten lists for 1996. --Jeff Shannon
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Summary: Real suspense, at last
Comment: At this moment is really hard to find some movie with real suspense, in BOUND you'll find a lot of it.
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Summary: This violence-porn fantasy film is probably
Comment: This violence-porn fantasy film is probably required viewing for Arab terrorists.
It looks like a technologically updated "reefer madness" film-noir of the fifties that FBI agents were required to sit through before they were sent out into the field to battle illegal drugs.
The mental level is 3rd grade, the sex and violence are Narcissus-inspired and the reek is sweaty armpits.
All and all, it's a painful bagful of visual cliches and verbal f*ck-s*ck that insinuates itself into the the senses like an Anne Hutchinson inspired John Winthrop nightmare.
It has great value, I'm afraid, as an example of the depths to which some American psyches have sunk, unwittingly it seems.
Ironically, I can't criticize the film the way it should be criticized because Amazon would censor it.
Too bad.
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Summary: A modern noir spiced with style and a visual touch of class!
Comment: A handywoman (the alluring Gina Gershon) and a gangster's moll (the sensual Jennifer Tilly) fall in love and plan to run off with two millions bucks.
This simple plot is enriched and even enhanced with a not so common visual refinement, and enough tension to capture your whole interest from start to finish.
As you may expect, there is a dose of acidic humour all long the movie but Joe Pantoliano steal the show as the gangster who suddenly finds himself trapped in the middle of the road and has to think faster than the speed of life.
Entertained and extremely sexy-thriller.
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Summary: BOUND
Comment: DVD arrived in the promised condition and within the time frame.
I would purchase from this seller again.
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Summary: Not free from issues, but definitely better than expected...
Comment: I really expected very little from this film. I knew that it had a big cult following, but so does `Showgirls', and lord knows how dreadfully ridiculous that trash was. So, it's safe to say that at best I was expecting another `Poison Ivy', you know, equipped with a decent performance or two but ultimately void of any real merit. While in parts I believe my initial preconceived notion of the film is correct, there is much to enjoy here that I wasn't expecting.
Sure, I expected to enjoy the whole `girl on girl' gangster side of things, but when you remove the `girl on girl' part there is actually still a pretty decent movie here.
The film tells us of Violet, an attractive woman dating a violent gangster. Violet has repressed feelings for other women that become manifest when she meets Corky, an ex-con who is hired to maintain the building Violet and Caesar are residing in. Corky is instantly attracted to Violet, and the feelings are mutual. They soon concoct a plan to steal two million dollars from the mob and set up Caesar to take the fall, this way they can be free to love one another without restraint. Their plan isn't as foolproof as they originally conclude, and so things start to savagely unravel as Caesar's business partners get involved and soon Corky and Violet are exposed, and they have to fight for their lives.
The first part of the film tends to drag a bit. It comes off rather ridiculous in scenes, overdoing the steamy sections in order to compensate for lack of `action'. It really comes off like a soft-core adult film at first, thus confirming my initial thoughts. But, as the film progresses and our attention is shifted towards the money and the scheme it all starts to elevate to a decently crafted and well filmed caper. It really works. The final scenes are stunning in moments and truly chilling. The acting also gets a major boost as the film progresses. What came off at first like amateur fluff transforms to smartly calculated character development, especially from Jennifer Tilly who transforms Violet from a ditzy girlfriend to a deceptive and intelligent `girlfriend'. Joe Pantoliano (from `Sopranos' fame) also delivers a strong performance. He works with his characters clichés well and filters through feelings of betrayal and fear quite nicely. Gina Gershon (who was actually the only respectable part of `Showgirls') is nice eye-candy here, but she takes a backseat to Tilly's breathy performance.
The film is not perfect, and it really could have used a little tightening and reworking (especially in the beginning), but it works itself out and deserves recognition for that. I am baffled a bit by all the reviews of adoration for this film, because one should not be blind to the films problems, but I do feel that the film is no where near as bad as it could have been. A film that could have easily been an F, or at best a low D rises above itself in the final chapter and becomes a solid C, C+ even. Sure, that may sound like a low rating, but when you factor in the films genre you can see that a C is actually pretty good.
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