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Reservoir Dogs - (Mr. Blond) 10th Anniversary Special Limited EditionRating:
Release Date: 17 February, 2004 Retail Price: $14.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (9 total) |
Reservoir Dogs - (Mr. Blond) 10th Anniversary Special Limited Edition Reviews
Excellent example of expert story-telling
From the opening moments of "Reservoir Dogs" you sense that you are watching a different kind of crime drama.
Reservoir Dogs is a testament to the idea that "less is more." This doesn't apply to the violence, the film is extremely violent from beginning to end, but the details of the botched diamond heist, which the entire film is based on, are conveyed only in the dialogue, except for one scene where Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) recalls his escape. The whole film takes place after the failed robbery is over, and the mystery that unfolds among the criminal participants is amazing to watch.
Even though most of the actors were known at the time this film was made, the film was delivered in such a way that you don't see the actors at all, you only see the brutal characters that they portray. It is genuinely frightening to imagine being in the same room with any of them, and this is a quality that is rarely achieved in any kind of film.
When films are overly violent, they usually get branded as such, but despite the extreme violence, Reservoir Dogs still manages to deliver an important overall message about the consequences of your actions. It remains high on the growing list of Tarantino's classic films, and it will not be soon forgotten.
Quentin's best film....great the first time...
When I saw this film, I really liked it. It was visceral, interesting, and unforgettable. It's a film of great style, but it's completely void of substance and has no depth. While you marvel at it the first time, subsequent viewings reveal that it is really a shallow piece of cinema, and hollow to its very core. It indulges in its violence, while pretending to have the characters care about each other. The "friendship" between Tim Roth and Harvey Keitel's characters isn't believable at all. There's merely one scene in which they look at the bank they're going to rob, make a joke about a chick, say "let's get a taco", and that's it. Now we're supposed to believe their friends, and that Keitel is willing to die for his friend. One would hardly think this would form a bond so strong. It's almost like Quentin said "ok, they have to have a bonding scene here", and he thought of the most generic one he could think of. The out of time structure is not especially original, as it has been done before (and much better) in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America, Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, and Clint Eastwood's Bird). Some of the characters have that arrogant smugness that permeated many films in the 1990's as well. So, is it still good? Yes, you should see it once or twice, but don't expect to resonate over the years like great films usually do...
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