Bound

Bound (1996) is a neo-noir crime thriller you can watch online on iFILM. It marks the directing debut of the Wachowskis, made three years before The Matrix. Ex-convict Corky is renovating an apartment in a Chicago building when she meets the neighbors: mobster Caesar and his girlfriend Violet.

Violet (Jennifer Tilly) is drawn to the handy, hard-edged Corky (Gina Gershon) on sight, and the two begin an affair. Out of it grows a reckless scheme: steal two million in Mafia cash that Caesar is holding for boss Gino Marzoni, and turn the men against each other. From there it's blood on a white shirt, laundered bills, spilled paint and frayed nerves. One wrong move and both women are dead.

Joe Pantoliano plays a sweaty, paranoid Caesar whose careful instincts fail him at the worst possible moment. The Wachowskis build tension from household objects and sharp cutting, turning one cramped apartment into a perfect trap. Sleek, brutal and unexpectedly funny. Stream Bound (1996) online on iFILM.