Reservoir Dogs

Unique concept, unique writing, highly entertaining. This film is a heist that goes wrong and the mix of morals and psychology that moves it towards its inevitable conclusion. That's as much as I can say without giving everything away, but the inevitable conclusion doesn't mean that there aren't twists that will surprise even the most cynical film-watcher. BIG warning...this film is not for the faint of heart. It will make you want to shut it off in places just because it's so squirm-inducing, and although you don't see the absolute worst stuff, there's an awful lot of very bright red blood around. It's important to note, though, that this is not just a shoot-em-up. Quentin Tarantino is known for his naturalistic writing style, and he claims that he writes just as people would speak, but in doing so he creates characters whose motives and personalities are instantly understandable, and surprisingly enough, recognizable. Even through the haze of swear words (Tarantino is quite a potty mouth). The only real failing I saw was that some of the characterizations were a bit stretched, particularly in the case of Tim Roth. He is a Brit doing an American, so perhaps that's where I picked up some inconsistencies, but it may also be due to the short shooting time frame (and clearly small budget) the film had. Actors would have had fewer takes to get it just so.

year: 1992
length: 99 min.
rating: 3.5
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/combined