Bound - Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski
This is part of my unedited thoughts series
This is such a strange story. First, we feel that the relationship between the two leads is going to be what the story is about. Nope. This is just the setup of the ordinary world for these two women. Yep, they like each other and they are both lesbians.
Once this important ordinary world fact is established the story can begin. The plot is that these two women plan to steal millions from the mob.
Joe Pantoliano plays Violet’s domineering boyfriend and the ladies’ connection to the mob. He is just the right level of unhinged.
The race from the crisis through to the ending is smart and intelligent. The script is tight and well-written. This film falls down due to its pacing.
The film is very slow in setting up the ordinary world for the characters. This was because of the huge amount of time spent establishing Violet and Corky as lesbians. While this was an important character trait we were left feeling – yes we get it.
It felt that this was supposed to be the big draw for the film. Two lesbians on screen. There are some raunchy sex scenes as well. The problem is that they didn’t tell the story of their budding relationship. It just happened in the background without the time needed for us to see it happen.
This is because the film is not about their relationship. It’s about the plan to steal the money and once we get onto this it’s good but it isn’t as deep as it could have been because so much time was spent establishing Violet and Corky as lovers.
