Bound

Lovingly designed in black and white, and played with a nice sense of irony, this offers the not unappealing spectacle of gorgeous, funny, clever women making fools of hard-boiled Mafia guys.

...is one of those movies that works you up, wrings you out and leaves you gasping.

Inventively filmed, universally well played and twisty-turny in plot...

...among the best film noir entries of the decade; from beginning to end, it's solidly entertaining.

The result is flashy -- first-time directors Larry and AndyWachowski never miss an opportunity to show us red, red drops of blood against brilliant white -- but pretty good fun...