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Reservoir Dogs

"Every dog has his day."

1992-09-02 Crime 1hr 39m

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

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Storyline

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

  • Released
    1992-09-02
  • Revenue
    $2,859,750
  • Budget
    $1,200,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 39m
  • Genre
    Crime, Thriller
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    8.3
  • Production
    Live Entertainment, Dog Eat Dog Productions

Crew

Quentin Tarantino
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Writer
Lawrence Bender
Producer
Keywords:
escape jewelry psychopath traitor heist thief betrayal plan gone wrong gang nonlinear timeline warehouse told in flashback heist gone wrong botched robbery foreshadowing rendezvous iconic uneasy alliance rag tag group based on short

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Cast

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel
Mr. White / Larry Dimmick
Tim Roth

Tim Roth
Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke
Michael Madsen

Michael Madsen
Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega
Chris Penn

Chris Penn
"Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot
Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi
Mr. Pink
Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney
Joe Cabot
Randy Brooks

Randy Brooks
Detective Holdaway
Kirk Baltz

Kirk Baltz
Officer Marvin Nash
Edward Bunker

Edward Bunker
Mr. Blue
Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino
Mr. Brown
Rich Turner

Rich Turner
Sheriff #1
David Steen

David Steen
Sheriff #2
Tony Cosmo

Tony Cosmo
Sheriff #3
Stevo Polyi

Stevo Polyi
Sheriff #4
Michael Sottile

Michael Sottile
Teddy
Robert Ruth

Robert Ruth
Shot Cop
Lawrence Bender

Lawrence Bender
Young Cop
Linda Kaye

Linda Kaye
Shocked Woman
Suzanne Celeste

Suzanne Celeste
Shot Woman
Steven Wright

Steven Wright
K-Billy DJ (voice)
Laurie Lathem

Laurie Lathem
Background Radio Play (voice)
Maria Strova

Maria Strova
Background Radio Play (voice)
Burr Steers

Burr Steers
Background Radio Play (voice)
Craig Hamann

Craig Hamann
Background Radio Play (voice)
Rowland Wafford

Rowland Wafford
Diner Patron (uncredited)
Scott McElroy

Scott McElroy
Cop (uncredited)
Gerard van Gent

Gerard van Gent
Bystander (uncredited)

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Movie Reviews

Reviews for Reservoir Dogs
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A Review by talisencrw 10

Written by talisencrw on 2016-05-14

This unique take on the heist-film-gone-wrong was excellent--stylish and intelligently made, yet very funny and inexpensive. Tarantino's acc... read more

This unique take on the heist-film-gone-wrong was excellent--stylish and intelligently made, yet very funny and inexpensive. Tarantino's accolades from giving American cinema the resuscitation it needed mirrors what has happened, at least since the 70's, with Martin Scorsese's 'Mean Streets', both in terms of entertaining violence and usage of music in the scoring of films. I greatly thank Harvey Keitel for taking a chance on Tarantino back then--It paid off in spades.

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A Review by Wuchak 4

Written by Wuchak on 2018-06-04

The cuss-oriented squabbles of lowlife crooks for 99 minutes (and no women) RELEASED IN 1992 and written/directed by Quentin Tarantino, ... read more

The cuss-oriented squabbles of lowlife crooks for 99 minutes (and no women) RELEASED IN 1992 and written/directed by Quentin Tarantino, "Reservoir Dogs” is a crime drama/thriller about a diamond heist gone disastrously wrong in Los Angeles wherein the surviving thugs bicker back-and-forth in a warehouse about which of their members is a police informant. The main thieves are played by Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen and Chris Penn while Lawrence Tierney appears as the old salt mastermind. This was Tarantino’s first feature film, costing only $1,200,000, and it has quirky glimmerings of future greatness, as seen in “Pulp Fiction” (1994), “Jackie Brown” (1997), “Kill Bill” (2003/2004), “Inglourious Basterds” (2009) and “Django Unchained” (2012), but “Reservoir” didn’t work for me. It’s hampered by a low-budget vibe, which I can handle, but not the uninteresting lowlife characters, their self-made conundrum, their interminably dull dialogue and the one-dimensional setting where about 80% of the story takes place in an old warehouse, not to mention no females in the main cast. Still, it’s interesting to observe Tarantino’s first serious stab at filmmaking and it has its moments of genuine entertainment. It’s a lesson on humble beginnings, which shows potential while not being up to snuff. THE FILM RUNS 1 hour, 39 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles & Burbank. GRADE: C-

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-01-04

Nope, I didn't get the memo... After a jewellery heist goes wrong and the escaping funeral-attired hoodlums kill a couple of cops and one ge... read more

Nope, I didn't get the memo... After a jewellery heist goes wrong and the escaping funeral-attired hoodlums kill a couple of cops and one gets gut-shot in a car-jacking, they return to their hideout where they turn on each other with expletive-ridden venom. What now ensues is a recreation of the planning and execution of their raid, their introductions to each other and that all lays the seeds for this over-rated drama of brutal mistrust and duplicity. Tim Roth probably stands out as "Mr. Orange" but the rest of the fairly well established cast offer us little by way of sophistication or subtlety as they try to decide which - if any of them - informed the police. It's violent but so what - it's not Scorsese, nor does the story really hold up after it becomes glaringly obvious what is actually going to happen at the end. Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut has shock value, certainly, but I'm afraid I found the whole thing really quite dull. Sorry - but there's more to good writing and characterisation that loads of effing, jeffing, charm-free thuggery and bullets. Not for me!

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A Review by rsanek 4

Written by rsanek on 2024-04-23

I don't get it. Feels like nothing happens the whole film. Cool to see Buscemi in this though, I didn't realize he was in such an early one ... read more

I don't get it. Feels like nothing happens the whole film. Cool to see Buscemi in this though, I didn't realize he was in such an early one of Tarantino's films.

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A Review by talisencrw

This unique take on the heist-film-gone-wrong was excellent--stylish and intelligently made, yet very funny and inexpensive. Tarantino's accolades from giving American cinema the resuscitation it needed mirrors what has happened, at least s...

reviewer avatar

A Review by talisencrw 10

Written by talisencrw on 2016-05-14

This unique take on the heist-film-gone-wrong was excellent--stylish and intelligently made, yet very funny and inexpensive. Tarantino's accolades from giving American cinema the resuscitation it need...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Wuchak 4

Written by Wuchak on 2018-06-04

The cuss-oriented squabbles of lowlife crooks for 99 minutes (and no women) RELEASED IN 1992 and written/directed by Quentin Tarantino, "Reservoir Dogs” is a crime drama/thriller about a diamond h...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-01-04

Nope, I didn't get the memo... After a jewellery heist goes wrong and the escaping funeral-attired hoodlums kill a couple of cops and one gets gut-shot in a car-jacking, they return to their hideout w...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by rsanek 4

Written by rsanek on 2024-04-23

I don't get it. Feels like nothing happens the whole film. Cool to see Buscemi in this though, I didn't realize he was in such an early one of Tarantino's films....

read more