What a pleasant change in pace!

Rating: Null/10 (15 August 2001)

This was a life saver! Between the late 70's and early 90's, all the action/crime films were pretty much the same (it was always either Clint Eastwood or Steven Segal, what a dark time for movies), until Quinten Tarantino came along with Reservoir Dogs, after that crime thrillers were saved! Finally, a good crime movie that is about the characters, not the fire power.
The movie is complex in a simple way, and outstanding dialogue! What I also found amazing was this was an excellent film, yet there were no women! Before I saw this, if you would have told me a movie could be great without women, I would disagree! But this shouldn't fall into the wrong hands, because only the master director (my favorite next to Scorsese), Quinten Tarantino could pull it off.
This was a great caper with excellent acting, excellent premise, EXCELLENT dialogue, and an excellent, unexpected ending. The characters were very good, and aside from Keitel, Steve Buscemi was my favorite character as Mr. Pink, the hot headed, paranoid thief who just wants to take the diamonds and run. Check it out if you don't mind vulgar language, torture, blood, shootings, and or paranoia, check it out, you won't be disappointed! 10/10