Bound Reviews

The Wachowski siblings… After creating one of the most iconic features of the last millenium (even though I’m not a huge fan of ‘The Matrix’, I can’t deny its huge impact), they have been pretty much struggling ever since and all their following efforts have been rather poorly received (personally, I thought that ‘Cloud Atlas’ was actually quite amazing though). The funny thing is that their directing debut was not a massive SF extravaganza but actually a rather small neo-noir feature. To be honest, it wasn’t really a game changer but it was still a thoroughly entertaining feature and the whole thing was actually a pretty solid for a directing debut. The most interesting aspect was that the two main characters were actually two women which is something you don’t see enough and it was also nice that they went for Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon, two interesting actresses who don’t get often the opportunity to shine in the lead. Eventually, this movie was barely seen when it was released but the word-of-mouth was pretty good and, after that, they got the opportunity to direct their magnum opus. To conclude, I think it is a pretty good flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in the the Wachowskis’ work.