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tattoos?  May Contain Spoilers    While looking back at how its
story work flawlessly in the Wachowski brothers' terrific crime
thriller "Bound" (1996), I recall what the arsonist played by
Mickey Rourke said to William Hurt's character in "Body Heat"
(1981): "Any time you try a decent crime, you got fifty ways
you're gonna fuck up. If you think of twenty-five of them, then
you're a genius." Indeed, there are many possible ways for how
the things can go wrong for the characters in the movie, and it
binds us tightly to its elaborate plot along with the
characters, while cunningly toying with these fatal
possibilities till its finale. The result is one of the most
enjoyable neo-noir movies made during the 1990s.  Before
capturing our attention in its grip completely, it lures us
first with the relatively unorthodox relationsh