Reservoir Dogs

Name: Reservoir Dogs
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 1, 1992
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth

1992

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Miramax Films | Release Date: October 1, 1992 | TV-MA

Starring: Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth

Summary: Quentin Tarantino's debut cult classic chronicles a jewelry heist gone wrong. (Miramax Films)

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 99 min

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Desson Thomson

With the exception of the opening scene -- whose purpose is chiefly comic -- the movie is one, extended climax. Even with flashbacks and other time jumps, it never lets up. You have to go back to Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1952 "The Wages of Fear" to recall suspense this relentless. Read full review

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Rick Groen

Reservoir Dogs sizzles - it's dynamite on a short fuse, and you watch it with mesmerized fascination, simultaneously attracted and repelled by the explosion you know will come. Read full review

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Duane Byrge

Writer-director Quentin Tarantino is one lethal storyteller. Reservoir Dogs, even for those of us with weak stomachs, is a masterful story setup, aided and abetted by all those colorful guys in on the thing. Read full review

Mike Clark

Too lingeringly creepy to ignore. [23 Oct 1992]

Stanley Kauffmann

It's not the most violent picture ever; what film could aspire to that title? But it's so well made, the violence is so gratuitous, and the general reception has been so delighted, that attention must be paid. [23 Nov 1992]

Kenneth Turan

Tarantino's palpable enthusiasm, his unapologietic passion for what he's created, reinvigorates this venerable plot and, mayhem aside, makes it involving for longer than you might suspect. [27 Oct 1992]

Julie Salamon

The only thing Mr. Tarantino spells out is the violence. I have seen much more blood spilled, yet I felt sickened by the coldness of this picture's visual cruelty. [29 Oct 1992, p.A11(E)]

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NewKillerStarDestroyer

Sep 29, 2009

It's a witty and intense movie, with some of the most stylish sequences ever seen.

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gzayas91

Jul 22, 2018

I'm not a huge Taratino fan, but this one of my favorites. This is best crime dram ever made. This a lot better than Pulp Fiction.

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RONGIU

Sep 4, 2010

Sorry for the translation.

The year was 1992 - In the cinematic landscape is a new director and a new movie. The director named Quentin Tarantino, the film Reservoir Dogs. Synopsis: Robbery, fleeing in a warehouse, debates, quarrels, emotional consequences, death stars. (Except one,Sorry for the translation.

The year was 1992 -

In the cinematic landscape is a new director and a new movie. The director named Quentin Tarantino, the film Reservoir Dogs.

Synopsis: Robbery, fleeing in a warehouse, debates, quarrels, emotional consequences, death stars. (Except one, perhaps).

Who is Quentin Tarantino: A brilliant storyteller. (S.m. skillful storyteller)

About Reservoir Dogs: A film against intellectual arrogance. When you're seriously pissed use the tools that are familiar to make you feel better.

What are the symptoms (nervousness): A brilliant storyteller and surprises you when he talks about topics such as handling, race, music, religion, violence. So his characters before the cameras never lose vitality even in extreme situations. Everything is structured around the conversations that are always stimulating. Tarantino shakes you from stupor.

As you can: through the camera, leaving no escape. You're down there shooting, anyway.

What is comparable to the work of Tarantino: The most famous artist Mamontow toy. The Russian dolls.

In that sense: The Russian doll is a collection of dolls, Russian wood of different sizes, nicely colored. Each piece can be inserted into another and is divided into two parts. The pieces in them are not full, but empty. Only the latter, the smallest, which is called "seed" is full.
The largest piece is called "mother". The Russian doll, the figure represents a peasant mother and generous as it may be the land. The creative mind of Tarantino is generous as it is a Russian doll.

Got a message for Mr. Tarantino? Yes, welcome in Italy. Venice is beautiful. A partnership with Carlo Verdone would an Oscar in Italy.

An example of imaginative narration (narration).

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Un giorno, un non vedente era seduto sul gradino di un marciapiede con un cappello ai suoi piedi e un pezzo di cartone con su scritto: Â«Sono cieco, aiutatemi per favore!Â» "One day a blind man was sitting on the slope of a sidewalk with a cap at his feet and a piece of cardboard with this written on it: â… Expand

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TTW107

Apr 6, 2012

Wow, Quentin Tarantino thank you for this gem. I effing love when mr. blonde has the officer tied to the chair in the safe house, it manages to be psychotic and badass at the same time.

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Moviesaregreat

Nov 29, 2021

I had only heard good things about this movie but had no idea what was it all about. Definitely a special film, depicts very human characters and is entertertaining from start to finish. You never know what's going to happen next.

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ReubenIsAGod

Aug 17, 2013

I enjoyed Reservoir Dogs, but i found it rather slow and REALLY WANNA SEE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, besides that the plot was very interesting and different other all i really enjoyed the movie, and will probably have to sit down again and have another watch though, 8/10

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Broyax

Apr 2, 2019

Premier film de Tarantino et déjà... de la merde ! on y retrouve en effet tous les tics et les obsessions compulsives obsessionnelles du réalisateur pédant qui fait toujours son intéressant et tente désespérément d'attirer l'attention...

Déjà donc le bavardage intempestif permanent du débutPremier film de Tarantino et déjà... de la merde ! on y retrouve en effet tous les tics et les obsessions compulsives obsessionnelles du réalisateur pédant qui fait toujours son intéressant et tente désespérément d'attirer l'attention...

Déjà donc le bavardage intempestif permanent du début à la fin de tous ces branques qui n'arrêtent pas de jacter, tout ça pour raconter de la merde. Comme d'habitude, le film ne raconte rien à vrai dire ou si peu que ça revient au même : c'est comme un big mac, quand tu l'as bouffé, t'as l'impression d'avoir rien bouffé. Et là, c'est pareil, on a l'impression d'avoir rien vu... peut-être parce qu'on s'est endormi devant ce tissu de conneries qui s'est retrouvé en plus dans le mauvais sens : une tare typiquement tarantineuse de tout raconter dans le désordre pour faire "genre". Enfin, la lenteur encore une fois typique de Tarantino... si le film fait largement moins de 2h, il ne fait que meubler et jacasser, car il n'a même pas la matière pour en tirer davantage qu'un gros quart d'heure comestible

Un film résolument à chier, annonciateur de la filmographie abrutissante du réalisateur le plus surcoté tous les temps.… Expand

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