GBW #74: Won't You Be My Captor? (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! / Swept Away [2002] / Hitcher in the Dark)

<p>Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more!</p> <p>This week, Ryan and Chris dive into three films that explore Stockholm Syndrome. We understand that this may be a tricky topic for some, so we want to acknowledge it up front. We start with <strong>Pedro Almodóvar</strong>'s provocative 1990 dark comedy "<strong>Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!</strong>", a tightrope of a premise that shouldn't work, yet largely does due to Almodóvar's grasp of the tone and terrific work from <strong>Antonio Banderas</strong> and <strong>Victoria Abril</strong>. Then, we move into a film that has the opposite of assured tone and terrific performances with <strong>Guy Ritchie</strong>'s toothless 2002 remake of <strong>Lina Wertmüller</strong>'s incendiary 1974 film "<strong>Swept Away</strong>." We acknowledge that the knives were probably out from critics at the time, but also concede that it deserved every bit of scrutiny it got. Finally, we end with <strong>Umberto Lenzi</strong>'s 1989 direct-to-video oddity "<strong>Hitcher in the Dark</strong>."<br> <br> You can find this and future episodes on our website&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thegoodbadwhat.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thegoodbadwhat.com</a>. You can subscribe to our show on&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what/id1554493814" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts,</a> <a href="https://anchor.fm/thegoodbadwhat" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anchor.fm</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0RcsQUeNROydClA6p6P9ht" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-good-the-bad-and-the-what" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://iheart.com/podcast/78028350/" rel="ugc noopene