Reservoir Dogs is a Crime Drama written and directed by the phenomenal Quentin Tarantino. Being this is his first theatrically released film ever, even though this isn't my favorite Tarantino film, this still is an awesome movie.
The film starts with (and in my opinion every Tarantino movie) starts out with a conversation between the main characters of the movie that sucks you in and keeps you invested in the movie, in Dogs the scene is a squad of bank robbers and mob boss' sitting in a diner having a discussion on the meaning of Madonna's "Like A Virgin" and tipping, with reason's to and not to.
The Crew
1. Mr. White- (Harvey Keitel): a veteran crew member who understands his job
2. Mr. Orange- (Tim Roth): a undercover cop sent to take out the mob boss, Joe
3. Mr. Blonde- (Michael Madsen): A psychopath who torturers a kidnapped officer of the LAPD. Real name is Vic Vega (possibly the brother of Vincent from Pulp Fiction)
4. Mr. Pink- (Steve Buscemi): a man of simple taste, he doesn't tip at restaurants and doesn't trust anybody
5. Mr. Blue- (Eddie Bunker): not much is revealed about his character, he dies after the heist.
6. Mr. Brown- (Quentin Tarantino): again, not much is revealed as he dies after the heist, but is played by the director of the same movie
7. Joe Cabot- (Lawrence Tierney): Mob boss, who gives the heist crew their names, highly respected
8. Nice Guy Eddie Cabot- (Chris Penn): Joe's son, in line to become the next boss
After the opening scene the movie the intensity is, well intense with the Mr. White, Blonde, Orange and Pink trying to figure out who ratted them out to the cops about the heist.
Personally, favorite scene is the "Cop Tortured by Mr. Blonde" scene because I don't know about you, but I love insane characters doing insane things, or maybe I'm just crazy (totally the second one). I love the song that plays during the whole scene "Stuck in the Middle with You", I think it fits perfectly with the tone because it's the exact opposite with the tone in the scene.
The only time that the movie slows down for only a couple minutes is with the flashback scenes with Mr. White, Joe and Joe, Mr. Blonde, and Eddie
In closing, I would highly recommend Reservoir Dogs to any fan of Crime Drama, Tarantino is a director that either you hate him or love him, I personally love him as a director. Stay tuned for my next review in the Tarantino Saga with Pulp Fiction.
