Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 crime film and Quentin Tarantino's first feature-length movie. The film was produced by Dog Eat Dog Productions and Live America Inc. and distributed by Miramax. Reservoir Dogs was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
The story is six criminals with the pseudonyms of Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Brown, Mr. Blue, Mr. Orange, and Mr. Pink, are planning to pull off a diamond heist, but when they actually do the heist, they're immediately shot at by the cops. They theorize that the whole thing was a set up, and someone in their group tipped them off. Now the six want to find out who did it.
My Thoughts
One thing to absolutely praise about the movie is the performances. Every actor in this brought some sort of intensity to their roles, and they delivered the dialogue perfectly. And what also made their performances so good was there were times when I actually believed they were in pain. I mean it, you hear the groaning, screaming, cussing, all sorts of stuff that really made you believe what you saw on the screen.
What also makes Reservoir Dogs so great was how the overall story is very grisly. Yes, it's got some profanity and violence in there but, what really made it grisly as I said before, was the themes of things like respect or betrayal. The latter of which playing a HUGE part in the ending.
Another aspect of the film that makes it great is Quentin's dialogue. When the movie first started the dialogue is pretty funny. I was having a good laugh during that opening diner scene before things took a dramatic turn. But not only is the dialogue funny and/or dramatic, but it really gave us insight of who this characters are. I'm not gonna quote any of the dialogue in this review, just watch the movie and listen to the dialogue and you'll most likely love it.
The final thing I'll give the movie credit for is the nonlinear storytelling. Now yes, this is basically what Quentin Tarantino does, but what made it so good here is for a majority of the movie we're stuck in only one location. So by using this style of storytelling we don't become quickly bored about the warehouse our characters are at. Cause that's exactly what would've happened if Tarantino used a more traditional style, we would've been stuck in that same sport and gotten bored of it real quick. And not to mention, this style helped with surprises, and kept us guessing.
Reservoir Dogs is small but effective movie. It has great performances, a grisly story, spectacular dialogue, and that nonlinear style really helped the movie.
My final rating is A Must Watch.
Okay, that's going to do it for me. Come back on WEDNESDAY, Jul 28th where I'll review a recently released DC comics that has everyone going "What the f*ck, DC?". Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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