 Bound was rated by the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) as R for " strong sexuality , violence and language . " To achieve that rating , the directors had to cut part of the first sex scene between Corky and Violet . The MPAA were most concerned with the images of what Lana Wachowski called " hand @-@ sex " . It was rated R in Australia , R18 in New Zealand and 18 in the United Kingdom . In Canada it was rated as R in Manitoba and Ontario , 18 in Nova Scotia and 16 + in Quebec . 
