Reservoir Dogs

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Reservoir Dogs

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Reservoir Dogs

Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi

Six unacquainted professional criminals are brought together by a veteran thief to execute an intricately planned diamond robbery.

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  • SirPant
    September 3, 2009
    SirPant
    There is no denying that Quentin Tarantino is creative. I will say however that he has never produced a single original idea. Reservoir Dogs is a great film, a remake/reworking of Ringo Lam's City on Fire. I would also point out that its an improvement but there is no denying tha...( read more)t Tarantino is a film fan who's films are so close to plagiarism, its a wonder how he's got away with it for so long. I guess its because he make great films!
  • phubbs1
    August 31, 2009
    phubbs1
    Probably Tarantino's best film so far, its concept has been the fuel for so many films ever since it was made despite the fact Tarantino stole the plot idea from a Hong kong flick called City of Fire.
    This was the first film to use the HK plot in the West and become popular, very...( read more) popular, as said, this film influenced almost every crime flick ever since. It is a very smart and slick 'crime gone wrong' flick and shows some excellent dialog and tense violence which I'm sure you all know about now.
    This all works so well due to the cast involved, every member of the gang works well and is very believeable thanks to the great performances, Tarantino's actually being the worst haha
    Nice imagination with names, costumes and gun play make this a good flick and worth its reputation unlike most other Tarantino films.
  • DrZeek
    August 16, 2009
    DrZeek
    Mr. Blonde: If he hadn't of done what I told him not to do, he'd still be alive.

    Tarantino movie are just so damn watchable. He doesn't make action movies, comedies, or dramas, he makes Tarantino movies.

    They're fun, cool, smart, quotable, and very enjoyable.

    Joe: All right ...( read more)ramblers, let's get rambling!

    Here we have a movie about a botched bank heist. We don't see the actual heist occur, but it doesn't matter, It is about the bloody aftermath and listening to these guys talk.

    Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Eddie Bunker (a real life criminal), and Tarantino himself make up a team of professionals hired to do the job, and as we slowly see in flashbacks, the actuality of the events surrounding the heist are revealed, including the possible identity of a rat in the group.

    Mr. Blonde: Boy that was really exciting. I bet you're a big Lee Marvin fan aren't ya. Yeah me too. I love that guy.

    Its a shorter flick for Tarantino, but all these scenes are filled with memorable scenes, great dialog, pop culture references, tangent conversations, little semantic quips, and maintains an overall fun vibe.

    Mr. Blonde: Hey Joe, you want me to shoot this guy?
    Mr. White: [laughs] Shit... You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize.

    The soundtrack has a very hip 70s vibe thanks to K-Billy's Super Sounds of the Seventies, the radio station in the film, headed by Steven Wright, providing plenty of tunes to do a great job of backing each scene.

    The actors all do their job very well, in particular Mr. Blonde, Pink and Orange, but they're all so cool (I was always a Mr. Blue fan). Plus everything here is done with style, from the opening credits to the end shootout.

    Mr. Pink: You're acting like a first year fucking thief! I'm acting like a professional!

    Maybe with a little more time, a little more characterization for some of the other players in this flick and I would say its just about perfect, but this is still a very entertaining flick, with great dialog, and a little bit of gun play and torture thrown into the mix.

    Marvin: I already told you I don't know anything about any fucking setup; you can torture me all you want.
    Mr. Blonde: Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that.
  • ohagankieran
    April 11, 2009
    ohagankieran
    From the opening moments of "Reservoir Dogs" you sense that you are watching a different kind of crime drama. The style and dialog of this picture bestows a level of intelligence upon it's characters that defies the reality of their chosen profession. Having said that,this movie ...( read more)is absolutely riveting in it's movements from the ordinary, to the grim, to the horrific aspects of a career criminal. Quintin Tarantino has written a tale of an almost corporate order to constructing a crime gang. The delight is in meeting these characters one by one. The particular crime is no more crucial to the film than a 7-11 stick-up. The crux of the movie is the portrayal of the rainbow of characters who find themselves involved in a life of crime. Much has been made of the violence in the movie, but it only serves to point out that all men are different......even the crooked. The director has included a number of very memorable scenes. This is not a linear film. The movie works more as a series of set pieces that weave together a story that is not as important as the individual parts that you have the pleasure of observing. This movie may take more than one viewing to truly appreciate.
  • bradwest
    December 13, 2008
    bradwest
    Would rate this higher if so much didn't come from City On Fire.
  • OCButterfly99
    December 26, 2009
    OCButterfly99
    Love Quentin Tarantino
  • HeroPK
    December 26, 2009
    HeroPK
    I just got this movie on bluray and even have a more appreciation for it. There are little things like the color of fluid in the bottles in the back round match the character names (orange, pink and white). Not only does Quinton write the best dialouge but the juxaposition of s...( read more)ceens are well thought out. One of the best directors of our time.
  • mcintyre157
    December 24, 2009
    mcintyre157
    "Why do I have to be Mr Pink?"
  • SkywalkerJones
    December 23, 2009
    SkywalkerJones
    Are you gonna bark all day, little doggy, or are you gonna bite?-Mr Blonde

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    Director:Quentin Tarantino
    Cast:Harvey Keitel,Tim Roth,Steven Buscemi,Michael Madsen
    Genre:Crime,Gangster
    Year of release:1992
    Running Time:95 minutes

    Plot:
    Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won't get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.

    Review:
    Reservoir Dogs is without doubt of my mind one of the greatest movies i ve ever and is an oustanding masterpiece.I wasn t sure if i would like it as i much i love Pulp Fiction but this movie is amazing and it didn t dissapoint me at all.The cast is amazing and the script was welll written.If it wasn t Reservoir Dogs,it wouldn t have Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill in my opinion.This movie revealed for the first time the genious director Quentin Tarantino,one of the greatest directors of all time.

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    Let s go to the cast.Harvey Keitel was fantastic as Mr.White,which is the most experienced of the gang.His perfomance was amazing and boy Keitel was a complete badass.I may not seen a lot of his movies but i enjoyed him in this one.Michael Madsen is absolutely badass as Mr.Blonde,my favorite character of the movie.He s very relentless and he doesn t care who kills.Madsen is so cool in the movie as Blondie.Steve Buscemi wasn t a faggot as Mr.Pink.He was fantastic and i love in end of the movie when he gets away with the diamonds.That was preety smart.Tim Roth was alright as Mr.Orange but he was bleeding as pig since the beggining of the movie.

    Quentin Tarantino makes a brillaint debut with Dogs,opening the door for a long and promising career.What i love about his movies is the inteligence and brilliance of the stories and the fascinating characters.Tarantino is simply amazing and every movie he makes is a masterpiece.

    Reservoir Dogs is one of the best movies of the 90 s and of all time.It may not be like Pulp Fiction but Reservoir Dogs is a one bad motherfucking movie.In a nice way.
  • Metalchurch504
    December 22, 2009
    Metalchurch504
    The only Tarantino film i actually enjoyed, good movie, has action and comedy, while it does get a little weird at some points(but hey, its Tarantino...) it still is a good movie.
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