Daily Movie Rec 4/21/2023

Bound (1996)

"We make our own choices. We pay our own prices."

Directed by: Lana & Lilly Wachowski

Cinematography by: Bill Pope

Country: United States

Genre: Crime/Thriller/Romance

Plot:

Fed up with both the boredom and violence in her life, a restless woman begins a steamy love affair with the recently released convict next door, and the two hatch a plan to rob her mobster boyfriend.

Reasons to watch:

Consequences wrap tighter and tighter in this tense, twisting LGBTQ erotic crime thriller where the Wachowskis flash the style, swag, and knack for innovative action sequences that would launch them to stardom with The Matrix series.

Where to watch:

The Criterion Channel/Paramount+