Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Release date: 1992-09-02
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Production Co: Live Entertainment, Dog Eat Dog Productions Inc.
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Rating: 8.3/10
Length: 1h 39min

Storyline

Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that they won't get too close and will concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But, when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members, and two of them are killed in the subsequent shootout, along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.

Plot Keywords

heist gone wrong, nonlinear timeline, undercover cop, surprise ending, wilhelm scream, tied to a chair, written by director, written and directed by cast member, gore, gang, heist, mexican standoff, murder, robbery, father son relationship, poetic justice, organized crime, told in flashback, shot in the stomach, shot in the head

Short Review

And while Tarantino never quite succeeds in putting around each character the sense of isolation that marks the best noirs, he carries off this exercise in lively fashion. It's more purple than noir, but it's got juice.