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Reservoir Dogs

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• Crime/detective
• Thriller

• 1991
• Quentin Tarantino
• 94 mins
• 18

Summary

Crime drama directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen. Crime boss Joe Cabot and his son employ six criminals to carry out a jewellery heist. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang returns to the arranged rendezvous, an abandoned Los Angeles warehouse, convinced that there is a traitor among them.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

As one of the slogans used to promote the video put it - "Robbery, blood, violence, torture all in the comfort of your own home." Yes, the film that many consider the most influential of the 1990s reached our televisions uncut and with its reputation intact, in spite of the revelation that it bears more than a passing resemblance to Hong Kong action director Ringo Lam's City on Fire. Shot in just five weeks on a tight $1.2 million budget, the film was a runaway success, much to the surprise of its debuting writer/director Quentin Tarantino who was hoping for a cult hit rather than a phenomenon that would inspire countless wannabes to churn out bungled blag flicks of their own. Working wonders with Tarantino's pacey, attitude-laced dialogue (packed with references to pop music, TV shows and hip movies), the ensemble cast is uniformly excellent, with Michael Madsen's sadistic, ear-slashing Mr Blonde and Steve Buscemi's exasperated Mr Pink particularly outstanding. Brash, abrasive and unrelenting, this is a must-see.

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8.2/10

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Cast

rolenameMr White (Larry)Harvey KeitelMr Orange (Freddy)Tim RothMr Blonde (Vic Vega)Michael MadsenNice Guy EddieChris PennMr PinkSteve BuscemiJoe CabotLawrence TierneyHoldawayRandy BrooksMarvin NashKirk BaltzMr BlueEdward BunkerMr BrownQuentin TarantinoK-Billy DJSteven Wright

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rolenameDirectorQuentin Tarantino

Details

Theatrical distributor

Rank Film Dists Ltd

Released on

1993-01-15

Languages

English | English

Guidance

Violence, swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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