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Reservoir Dogs Reviews
Quentin Tarantino's debut masterpiece
Never has such a movie with so much talking and so little action has given me such a rush like this movie. Quentin Tarantino's Resevoir Dogs is an example of the way movies should be these days. This movie doesn't get by with over the top action sequences and bloody fist fights like most other crime based movies do( don't get me wrong, there are quite a few gun fights in this movie) but instead gives us a well structured movie showing the aftermath of an almost failed diamond heist.
The plot of the movie is pretty basic: A group of guys team up together under a crime boss and plan to rob a bank to get their hands on some priceless diamonds. the way this plot is shown, however is what makes this movie so different from other crime movies. the movie starts off with the color code named theives sitting at a restaurant casually talking amongst themselves before the heist and then switches suddenly to the aftermath of the heist. Like most other Tarantino movies events don't always happen in the correct order for example showing things that happen before the heist directly after scenes taking place after the heist and its this kind of unique pacing that puts Resevoir Dogs apart from other movies in the same genre.
And of course we can't overlook the great acting for this movie. Harvey Kietel, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, and other big name actors enter this movie and each one in my opinion is a great actor. These actors are so well in this movie that you can feel the emotion that their onscreen counterparts are potraying and it's very refreshing to see such good actors in this movie.
So if you're a fan of other Tarantino movies then by all means pick this one up. I promise you won't regret it.
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.
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