Bound (1996)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Directors:

Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski

Escritores (WGA):

Andy Wachowski (written by) &
Larry Wachowski (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

4 octubre 1996 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

A trust so deep it cuts both ways.

Plot:

Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caeser.

Plot Keywords:

Money | Mafia | Lesbian | Plumber | Gangster

Premios:

6 wins & 10 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

10 out of 10! Perfect!

Reparto

Jennifer Tilly	...	Violet
Gina Gershon	...	Corky
Joe Pantoliano	...	Caesar
John P. Ryan	...	Micky Malnato
Christopher Meloni	...	Johnnie Marzzone
Richard C. Sarafian	...	Gino Marzzone
Mary Mara	...	Sue, Bartender
Susie Bright	...	Jesse
Margaret Smith	...	Woman Cop
Barry Kivel	...	Shelly
Peter Spellos	...	Lou
Ivan Kane	...	Cop #1
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Cop #2
Gene Borkan	...	Roy

También conocida como:

The Business (USA) (working title)
Lazos ardientes (Spain) [es]
Sín límites (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language.

Duración:

108 min | USA:109 min (unrated version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:(Banned) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (bw) | Hong Kong:III | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Trivialidades:

Joe Pantoliano was instructed by the Wachowski Brothers to watch The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and base his Cesar character on Humphrey Bogart's Fred C. Dobbs.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When Corky goes after Caesar with the wrench, her hands are clean despite having carried the two bags of money which were covered in white paint.

Citas:

Violet: We make our own choices, we pay our own prices.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Banda de Sonido:

Hopeless Faith

10 out of 10! Perfect!

Bound is a sexy, stylish and suspenseful modern visitation to the film noir genre that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Right from the outset - where the letters of the film's name cast deep dark shadows like high-rise buildings - the viewer is inducted into a world where duplicity is the norm and where choices made

result in prices being paid. And with over $2 million of Mob money at stake, the risk to life and limb is very high indeed. Violet is a latter-day gangster's moll looking for a way out of 'the business'. Her chance comes when her boyfriend, Ceasar, brings home a fortune in cash to be

sorted and collated before being passed on to the Chicago Mafia. She seduces

the tough-talking ex-con who is renovating the next-door apartment (an

impressively butch Gina Gershon) and together they scheme to relieve the Mob

of the money. But when Ceasar doesn't react according to plan, suddenly there are dead bodies to deal with and events begin to spiral out of control. The

women's trust in each other is stretched to breaking point as they are drawn into a deadly battle of wits. Directors Larry and Andy Wachowski make judicious use of the conventions of

film noir, such as extensive chiaroscuro, and some imaginative and

uncomfortable extreme close-up shots. The clever cinematography is backed up

by a tension-laden script and an excellent cast (particularly Joe Pantoliano as the increasingly frenzied Ceasar). Although Bound may take some viewers out

of their comfort zone with its graphic lesbian sex scene (which I LOVE!) and

depiction of Mob torture tactics, it is a film that will reward its audience with a stylish and intelligent foray into the eternally murky confluence of good and evil.