Two foster brothers, one codependent bond, zero boundaries — this gets MESSY.
Gabe (Noah Asli) and James (Matty West) aren't brothers, but they were raised like they were. They were kept together in foster homes and that made them highly reliant on one another. Now that they're older and out of the system, they've stuck together. Some people say it's unhealthy to be so bound, but they don't care.
Acting
West and Asli sell the suffocating intimacy with uncomfortable precision.
Direction
Three directors somehow create one coherent, creeping dread.
Editing
Tight 85 minutes that refuses to let you breathe.
Director
Michael Vegas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Bound' works triple-duty: bound by foster care, bound to each other, bound in kink — the film refuses to separate these threads.
Matty West and Noah Asli reportedly met through actual foster care advocacy work before filming, lending their scenes an unsettling documentary-adjacent authenticity.
US
