Many of the previous reviewers have compared this movie with 50 Shades of Grey and it shouldn't be. While it has some things in common with that movie, it is a completely different story. This is the story of a woman who all her life has done exactly what is expected of her. But after being introduced to BDSM, she finds that it helps her to become a stronger person.

Michelle (Charisma Carpenter) is a harried real estate agent with a lousy sex life. When she's attracted to a sexy stranger into BDSM, Ryan (Bryce Draper), she finds her sexual fulfillment is dangerously imperiling her job and her father's (Daniel Baldwin) company...I just picked up Bound out of idle curiosity. When I decided to do a little research about the company that produced this film, The Asylum, I was rather perturbed that they specialize in a specialized sort of copycat films called knockoffs called "mockbusters".Imagine my surprise when this movie, a "mock" of Fifty Shades of Gray, showed not only a titillating amount of skin (mostly Ms. Carpenter's) but some semblance of an actual PLOT (with a lovely denouement) and some very earnest acting! I believe that by keeping my expectations low, I was pleasantly surprise by how good this effective a film actually is. By all means, if you're looking for a little erotic movie to watch one evening with someone, I'd highly recommend Bound.I'd give this movie **1/2 stars on Leonard Maltin's **** scale

This was just about as bad as it gets for a BDSM related movie. I'm not sure how the script or the director got this in front of a camera but they are better salesman than they are movie makers.Producers of these types of films, including those from 50 shades, really need to get to understand the BDSM lifestyle a little more. They make a complete mockery of the experience and get lost in the whole whips and chains of it all. They have the ability to create something more erotic and powerful than any movie ever made but turn it into steaming piles of whatever this movie was.Lastly, as a BDSM enthusiast, I thought the portrayal of the main male character was pathetic. Turning him into an abusive statutory rapist?, well done. You managed to make the movie's plot match the performance of its 'actors'.The 1 star is for Charisma Carpenters looks alone.

This is a lame attempt to make a low budget 50 shades of Grey.But all it does, is remind you of those god awful movies,those so called erotic thrillers, that came in the wake of basic instinct's success, but was really just glorified softcore porn. But the difference is those were made with younger former scream queens,B-C movie actresses who weren't afraid to go full frontal. Something charisma doesn't seem willing to do. Which would be fine,if she didn't accept scripts that would need full frontal for her role to work,or at get some attention. The producers seem to hope that Charismas tits are gonna save this movie,which they can't. the script is to boring and her character uninteresting. Who ever directed this should be shot,or go back to film school.When Charisma undresses,they focus on her face.And I mean REALLY focus on her face.They zoom so close you can see the wrinkles around the eyes. The story is lame and Charisma can't manage to show an emotion to anything that happens around here. Sadly her face seem to only have 2 expression, pleasure and anger.Those are the only two emotions she manage to express fully,with her face.I'm pretty sure her phone hasn't been ringing off the hook since she left Buffy and Angel,but this is just sad.