"Film of the month - It's a snappy, stylish black comedy/thriller in the Cohen Bros/Tarantino mould."

"The tension is taut keeping you on the edge of your seat and the sexuality is enough of a turn-on to send you under it."

"Pitched somewhere between a classic '40s film-noir and a schlocky '90s erotic thriller, Bound is a cracking sexual nail-biter."

"A million miles away from being a 'lesbian movie', this is pure gloss and style in the mainstream tradition (it won the Jury Prize at Deauville)."

"Not since Basic Instinct has so much girl-on-girl action sizzled on screen".

"Shot with a love of chrome and steel - and never wasting the acting ability of walls, ceilings and telephone wires - it's a taut, stylish tease."

"The nifty camerawork doubles the entertainment value, milking each segment for nearly all the stress and danger it's worth."