
Six thugs, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that they won't get too close and will concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But, when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members, and two of them are killed in the subsequen... (Full plot summary below)
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Six thugs, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that they won't get too close and will concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But, when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members, and two of them are killed in the subsequent shootout, along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.
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| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayWhile Reservoir Dogs is probably Tarantino's most unpolished work, it strongly contends for the distinction of being his best. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliGrabs you by the throat and digs its claws in deep. From the moment that the unwitting viewer tumbles into the realm of Lawrence Tierney's gang of eight, they are hopelessly trapped there until the final credits roll. |
| Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeWriter-director Quentin Tarantino is one lethal storyteller. Reservoir Dogs, even for those of us with weak stomachs, is a masterful story setup, aided and abetted by all those colorful guys in on the thing. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealA nasty, unchained beast with teeth as sharp as razors. And it's a dog that proudly leads the pack of the very finest crime films. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonQuentin Tarantino came out of nowhere with perhaps the most astonishing, explosive American debut film since John Cassavetes' Shadows. |
| EmpireJeff DawsonThe hippest crime flick this side of "Goodfellas," Reservoir Dogs has all the hallmarks of a modern classic. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonIf Quentin Tarantino's gritty, bone-chilling, powerfully violent new film, Reservoir Dogs, doesn't pin your ears back, nothing ever will...[It's] as caustic as battery acid. It's brutal, it's funny and you won't forget it. Guaranteed. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleReservoir Dogs sizzles - it's dynamite on a short fuse, and you watch it with mesmerized fascination, simultaneously attracted and repelled by the explosion you know will come. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonBrash, abrasive and unrelenting, this is a must-see. |
| People MagazineRalph NovakThe film ends without a satisfying resolution, since these characters are so ugly only an agonizing affliction would qualify as just deserts. Crime doesn't exactly pay in this case, but it doesn't cost enough either. |