Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Being first film from quentin tarantino he attempts to make a low budget film that will shock and grip you. From it's exciting beginning to tense, explosive end, Reservoir Dogs lets you know "its here and here to stay" and it does. After finishing it stays with you, whether you remember the lines, the cinetography, the acting or the music, theres so much to love about it. However Reservoir Dogs nearly never got into production. Harvey Keitel who also starred in the movie was so impressed by the script that he put up the funding to get it secure and into the works.

Incase you don't know Reservoir dogs is story of 6 guys all teaming up for a bank robbery. all using aliases to protect their real identity. However it all goes wrong and one of guys Mr. Orange gets shot, by cops. The speed in which the cops arrive lead the guys to suspect they have a rat in their group, so rest of film is a sort of "who dunnit" to discover who the rat is.

One of key thing about reservoir dogs is it can be easily seperated into key scenes that are all fantastic and better than most scenes in other films. The ear scene of course being the one most people reference, it is indeed tense and violent. Other outstanding scenes include Mr orange's sniffer dog/drugs story, final showdown, closing scene, Mr White / Mr Pink confrontation and many more. Acting is fantastic throughout, Tim Roth as Mr Orange was a standout given the layered character he had to portray. That's another aspect that sets film film apart from others and into the classic status, in most films you get one maybe two characters that people remember and become cult icons, here, you have pick of like 6. All characters from this film are so well thought out and delivered. From nervous Mr pink to calm and cool mr blonde, we have charatcers that have gone down in film history. A brutal film that cleverly unfolds with every inovative shot, and of course the now heavily used fragmented timeline. Have to remember that was cutting edge at the time seen as fresh and new, now most people demand money back if you don't see the end first :) of course i exaggerate but it did set a standard, which is highly replicated.

All in all i don't think i really have a bad word to say, i probably do if i think hard enough but looking back at all great stuff, seems little petty to mention those now. so if you haven't seen reservoir dogs, do, its directed brilliantly, acting is top notch, mise-en-scene and fantastic soundtrack (diagetic and non)...but above all...its cool.