Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 heist-crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It was his first feature motion picture. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and created quite a controversy due to its violent content.

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The Story

Six men are hired to take part in a jewel heist. Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) and his son Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn) hire the men who are then given colors as names to protect their identities. They are: Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino), Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Blue (Eddie Bunker), Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) and Mr. Orange (Tim Roth). After the authorities show up unannounced and the robbery goes bad, the remaining members who make it out alive, suspect one of their own to be an informer for the police.

Awards

• 1993 Independent Spirit Awards
  • Best Supporting Male – Steve Buscemi
• 1994 London Critics Circle Film Awards
  • Newcomer of the Year – Quentin Tarantino
• 1992 Avignon Film Festival
  • Prix Tournage – Quentin Tarantino
• 1993 Sant Jordi Awards
  • Best Foreign Actor – Harvey Keitel
• 1992 Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival
  • Best Director – Quentin Tarantino
  • Best Screenplay
• 1992 Stockholm Film Festival
  • Bronze Horse – Quentin Tarantino
• 1992 Toronto International Film Festival
  • International Critics’ Award – Quentin Tarantino

Trailer

Review

Will your vision on the thrilling definition of tipping stay the same? Will we ever forget what “Like A Virgin” is about? Most likely not. “Reservoir Dogs” takes you in a chokehold from the extremely entertaining opening scene on to the final credits, you’ll stay glued onto your seat without looking away just once. Even though famous for the notorious “ear”-sequence, “Reservoir Dogs” goes much and much further, the old school way of storytelling in combination with the young and fresh approach this film will forever go down in history as a milestone in “cool” filmmaking, there’s simply no other way of put it. In 1992 while “Basic Instinct” and “The Bodyguard” were taking over the box office, Quentin Tarantino blessed us with this flaming masterpiece, “Reservoir Dogs” reminded me of a 1940’s crime flick with a contemporary touch of gangster satire attached to it. Six guys, all named after colors by their boss Joe Cabot (Tierney), rob a jewelry store until things get just a little out of hand, the robbery quickly converts into an all-out massacre when Mr. Blonde (Madsen) goes out of hand and plugs the staff and customers, the police arrives surprisingly fast and kills 2 members of the gang on their getaway. The survivors, Mr. White (Keitel), Mr. Pink (Buscemi), Mr. Blonde (Madsen) and badly injured Mr. Orange (Roth) rush themselves to an empty warehouse where everyone shares their own vision on what happened. The men quickly come to the conclusion that there is in fact a rat in the house. The rest of the film pretty much circles around this subject while giving us flashbacks exactly when we need them. Over the years “Reservoir Dogs” has always been looked at as art and cult-film, while actually it contains much more than most people want to beleive, it deserves a place in every top 100 list and credit not only for the memerable quotes, but also for the almost perfect choice in casting and wonderful way of storytelling, highlighted especially in the surprising, bloody and thrilling ending.

Reviewed by Johnny Exhale. No unauthorized reprinting, publishing or other use allowed without permission.

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