 On the release of Bound , the Wachowskis were compared by many to the Coen Brothers . Rita Kempley for The Washington Post went so far as to call them " Coen Brothers clones " . In particular , similarities were drawn between Bound and the Coen Brothers ' first film , 1984 neo @-@ noir Blood Simple . Bryant Frazer for Deep Focus called it an " obvious precursor " . Critics noted resemblances to the films of Quentin Tarantino and Alfred Hitchcock . 
