Bound (2013) - You’ll either love it or hate it

‘Bound’ is an ‘ensemble piece’ which basically means that it’s a film made up with multiple stories, containing multiple characters, all of which sort of cross paths within a twenty minute (on screen) time scale.

If you’ve seen Crash, Crossing Over or 11:14 then you’ll sort of know what to expect.

However, ‘Bound’ isn’t really as good as any of those. If you don’t mind many narratives intercutting with each other, then it’s not a bad film, but it does have a feeling of being a little amateurish and uneven.

As with all films with so many principle cast members, you’ll love some and hate others.

But, despite being a little choppy, it is well shot and quite stylish to look at. So, if you like this sort of film and know what you’re getting, then you might like to give it a go. Just don’t go expecting Christian Slater or Christopher Walken to be in it all the way through – they’re just two small pieces in a bigger jumbled-up puzzle.

5/10 a hard trek, a bit like unicycling to Mordor and back