A study in violence and pop hoodlum cool.

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2010)

A gang's robbery of a jewellery store goes disastrously wrong, and as one of them bleeds to death, the others try to establish which one of them is a police informer.
Reservoir Dogs is an electrifying directorial debut by Quentin Tarantino: a tense, almost hysterical gangster film stuffed with colourful vernacular, male posturing, deadpan humour and jaw-dropping violence. Its influence on other young film-makers would prove inestimable. It was named "Greatest Independent Film of all Time" by Empire. Although it was never given much promotion upon release, the film was a modest success at the box-office.