Created it's own genre...

Rating: 10/10 (18 October 1999)

I seem to be one of the few people who prefer this film to Pulp Fiction, but without it Pulp Fiction could never have made the mark it did.
When Reservoir Dogs came out I was amazed that one film could combine mesh so perfectly the crime genre with black humour with glib observational comedy. The fact that it was a cheap film with little action yet, on the back of slick dialogue with a slick delivery from all actors concerned, it managed to entertain and fascinate you the whole way through, created a whole new rash of imitators and dreamers. Now, like horror is compared to Stephen King and fantasy to Lord of the Rings, popular crime is compared to this movie and all Tarantino offerings.
The story is revealed perfectly with characters introduced quickly but fleshed out with masterly timing (Tim Roth's story set-up is priceless). Personally, I love Steve Buscemi and can't help but compare his every performance to this one ("I don't want to be Mr Pink!") and Harvey Keitel's role must have been directly written for him, it fit so well.
10 out of 10...easily.