Hey, why am I Mr. Pink???...Because you're a faggot, alright?

Tarantino’s debut is still one of his best films. The opening sequence has been often imitated and referenced, but it does showcase Tarantino’s use of banter, natural dialogue and pop culture to bring his characters to life. Here it works well, immediately giving the audience a sense of all the important personalities within the film and the relationships between them. By dropping us into the aftermath of the heist, the film’s strength is in the use of flashback to build intrigue over what happened, but equally important is the hook that there might be an insider. This allows Tarantino to gradually develop his characters in the flashbacks beyond simply focusing on how the dilemma they find themselves in will be solved. Buscemi and Keitel in particular stand out and whilst Madsen has repeated himself ad nauseam in other films, he is still effective here. The soundtrack and costume design all serve to emphasise how hip and cool the characters are, but this is punctuated with the violence that remind us they are brutal too. Its this juxtaposition of coolness and violence that marked the film out as something different, no more so than in the still shocking scene of Madsen torturing someone. Some of the flashback scenes do occasionally outstay their welcome, though there is a lot of humour drawn out from them and the authenticity in his dialogue that Tarantino appears to strive for is sometimes stretched as characters vie to show who is top dog. But these minor quibbles don’t stop this from being a tightly edited and well paced crime thriller.

If anyone was unaware... Breaking Bad referenced this film alot... Note Mr WHITE and Mr PINK

I still remember the first time I saw this movie, a midnight showing at my local cinema, absolutely blew me away, this is an outstanding film, one of the best debuts by any director ever. Just rewatched a=gain tonight and evrything is top notch, obviously we have tarantinos excellent writing, how the film does not follow in a chronologicl order, his brilliant direction, but also we have some outstanding performances, every actor is fantastic in this, right down to Oficer Marv.

Reservoir Dogs is a classic movie for a reason. For Tarantino’s first movie and with a low budget it’s an amazing movie. Over the years it’s became iconic, the stuck in the middle scene and the shootout at the end are the best. The writing is good and the character dialogue is fantastic. The plot is simple but it’s good. The cast and acting is great so many great performances from Keitel, Roth, Madsen, Penn, and Buscemi. It’s directed really well for Quentin Tarantino’s first movie it’s the first time he could really show his style. The cinematography is also good for a low budget. The soundtrack is really good as well. Overall it’s an iconic movie that is short and very entertaining. ( 8 out of 10)