rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1992
Directed by Quentin Tarantino; produced by Lawrence Bender; written by Quentin Tarantino
Starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney, Quentin Tarantino
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
Quentin Tarantino's first movie is so good that it should be very hard to
make a better movie after it. Of course we know he did that with ‘Pulp
Fiction' but here Tarantino already shows us how great he is. ‘Reservoir
Dogs' is a violent movie with some scenes, one in particular, that could be
too much for you. If you can stand the violence you should not miss this
one.
Six gangsters, who know each other only by there codename, have to steal
some diamonds. They are set up and the police is expecting them. Mr. White
(Harvey Keitel) escapes with Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) who is shot in the belly.
They arrive in the warehouse where they were supposed to go. Not much later
Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) and Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) arrive as well. Who
is the traitor? Is it one of them, or may be the missing Mr. Blue (Eddie
Bunker) or Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino), the boss Joe Cabot (Lawrence
Tierney) or his son Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn)?
The direction from Tarantino is very sharp, Michael Madsen is pure evil and
Buscemi, Keitel and especially Roth give very fine performances as well.
Another great thing is the soundtrack from The George Baker Selection with
Little Green Bag to Harry Nilsson with Coconut. A great first movie from a
great director.