Reservoir Dogs

1992 "Every dog has his day."
8.3| 1h39m| R| en
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A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated
JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!
Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype
Viper Moglord Despite not being a high budget Tarantino film, it is my favorite one. Yes I saw Pulp Fiction, liked it, but the cinematography in Reservoir Dogs (for me) is slightly better. Also, movie focuses on same characters who are connected to the same story which makes it easier to follow.In fact, the movie just feels real. A heist attempt by five dudes failed and they struggle to fix things. Nothing supernatural. Guys talking to each other, making jokes... Also, I'm glad there isn't an unnecessary, stupid love story ruining the film. The movie is violent no doubt, so be sure you have the stomach. If you like these kind of movies, just note that: Gunplay in this one is awesome...Mr. Pink's runMr. White's double-gun sceneMr. Orange shoots Mr. BlondeMexican StandoffSee it for yourself.10/10
Wuchak RELEASED IN 1992 and written/directed by Quentin Tarantino, "Reservoir Dogs" is a crime drama/thriller about a diamond heist gone disastrously wrong in Los Angeles wherein the surviving thugs bicker back-and-forth in a warehouse about which of their members is a police informant. The main thieves are played by Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen and Chris Penn while Lawrence Tierney appears as the old salt mastermind.This was Tarantino's first feature film, costing only $1,200,000, and it has quirky glimmerings of future greatness, as seen in "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Jackie Brown" (1997), "Kill Bill" (2003/2004), "Inglourious Basterds" (2009) and "Django Unchained" (2012), but "Reservoir" didn't work for me. It's hampered by a low-budget vibe, which I can handle, but not the uninteresting lowlife characters, their self-made conundrum, their interminably dull dialogue and the one-dimensional setting where about 80% of the story takes place in an old warehouse, not to mention no females in the main cast.Still, it's interesting to observe Tarantino's first serious stab at filmmaking and it has its moments of genuine entertainment. It's a lesson on humble beginnings, which shows potential while not being up to snuff.THE FILM RUNS 1 hour, 39 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles & Burbank.GRADE: C-
parameswaranrajendran A unique and fresh screenplay for this debut feature film by Quentin Tarantino Director. Reservoir Dogs
cinemajesty Movie Review: "Reservoir Dogs" (1992)Relentlessly in its 95-Minute-Editorial-Format extensively cut-to-close-perfection by the director's close-encounters editor Sally Menke (1953-2010), in benificiary 35mm cinematography by Andrzej Sekula, comes already the early fulfillment for feature debutante Quentin Tarantino, at age 28, getting lucky by presenting a pushy draft of the screenplay, co-written with "A Band Apart" companion Roger Avary, in industry-influential actor Harvey Keitel, also-playing the lead as mid-town sharp-to-overthrown character of Mr. White, who builds close ties with independent Hollywood producer Lawrence Bender, who then again equally benefits from Tarantino's ingenious combination techniques of past-tense motion picture beats reflecting "Nouvelle Vague" of Truffaut / Godard owned 1960s and "New Hollywood" enfant terribles as Sam Peckinpah's directions for "Straw Dogs" starring Dustin Hoffman (1971) and the action-thriller "Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia" (1974).This movie, marking one of the most receivable low-budget - realized with just 1.2 Million-Dollar production expenses - scenes of non-stop talking ultra-cleverly build characters, including Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde, Tim Roth as Mr. Orange and a show-stealing Mr. Pink due to playing-defector actor Steve Buscemi, which performing beats could only be topped by a lucky striking appearance as Garland "The Marietta Mangler" Greene in the unlikely but major entertaining action-movie "Con Air" starring Nicolas Cage of Summer 1997, when Tarantino utilizes signature-defying explosions of violence in deep blood-reds on black suits and white shirts in a neutral-conflicting warehouse exploitation, when the plot constantly thickens in favors for twisting flashbacks and intermingling of narratives brought to a young director's perfection in "Palme d'Or" as Best Screenplay Academy-Awarded recognitions for improving successions with "Pulp Fiction" (1994) of a depth-reaching, substance-digging collector of national and world cinema.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)