cellbound
adjEtymology From cell + bound.
1
Confined to a prison cell.
- Hardly a typical biopic, “Bronson” more or less takes place inside the head of its cellbound antihero (played by Tom Hardy), who also serves as the story’s narrator, appearing on a spotlighted stage as a sinister M.C. in burlesque makeup.2009 October 4, Dennis Lim, “Looking at an Inmate, Seeing an Artist”, in New York Times: