Reservoir Dogs (1992)

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

The movie is wildly uneven but lively and timely - in its own surreal way

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

As someone who considers Pulp Fiction to be one of the best movies ever made, I was looking forward to seeing a movie made by the same writer/director about a group of criminals playing off each other after a heist gone wrong. And when the Dogs are arguing, stressing out, fighting in that werehouse, you can truly see the roots of Tarantino's style, because anything that takes place in that warehouse truly had me hooked. Me White and Mr Pink are definitely the standouts, with both actors giving a brilliant performance and their squabbles feeling realistic and tense. However, the film begins to lose steam once the story begins to flash back, showing dull and uninteresting scenes that feel as if they were only included to get the picture to an hour and a half. These sequences truly drags the movie down as the conversations aren't nearly as compelling, and feel unneeded as they hardly shed any light on the current situation that couldn't have been told through the chafacgers in the werehouse. Ultimately, Reservoir Dogs is passable, and a decent first effort for the genius that is Quentin Tarantino, but it pales in comparison to his later works, as I feel there's nothing here that memorable or interesting.

After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. As i've said on my review for 'Pulp Fiction' i don't think that Tarantino is that good of a Director and this movie once again proves me right. The film has a cool story and a good premise but it has this Tarantino style of things that ruins it completely and even the good actors couldn't save it plus seeing Tim Roth getting a bullet in his stomach and still being alive with his entire shirt all bloody was just funny and not in a good way. (0/10)

The movie takes place in one single garage and its just a couple of guys screaming and threaten each other for 100 minutes long! Thats it... Just horrible!

Tarantino's first feature is rich in characters, witty writing and sudden violence that would later become his trademark.Reservoir Dogs's plot is told in non-linear fashion. One of the great joys of watching this film figuring out the coherent narrative lying within. Making the pieces fit. It is an exercise in style. While technically a heist movie most of the movie is centered around either before the heist or in it's aftermath. This allows Tarantino to flesh out it's ensemble of characters. It's a great testament to the movie that all the characters come off as complex and fascinating within a span of 99 mins.There are twists and turns to keep you hooked throughout. And who can forget Michael Madsen slicing of a dude's ear while 'Stuck in the Middle with you' plays in the background. Classic Tarantino.As enjoyable and fresh it feels, I think it is imperfect. It feels too stagy and the dialogues aren't quite naturalistic (Something Tarantino would perfect in his next film). Still this is a great thriller with tensions mounting while you're as clueless as the characters are.Moral of the movie : Don't Tip, you will live longer.