The most memorable crime film of all time

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2003)

Reservoir Dogs stands out in the test of the time as simply a film that can be touched. The coolness of the film sinks it, the characters explode into brilliant, furiously fast- paced dialouge. The pace, while unconventially slow for such a film breaks in here and there, causing excitement then anger then surprise and so on. Sally Menke edits this film with percision, crafting every detail so that it all slides in together. Unfortunately, the editing gets dull after a while and just seems like an excuse to make this film longer. The acting, is just simply amazing. Harvey Keitel plays the compassionate yet cold- blooded Mr. White with perfection, really knocking sympathy yet anger at his character. Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink provides the fast dialouge, with no breaks whatsoever in between his constant swearing. Just watch the opening sequence and see what I mean. In valuable support to these two leads are Chris Penn is the hot- headed Nice Guy Eddie, Lawrence Tierney as his cool and stylish crime Father Joe Cabot, Tim Roth as the mysterious Mr. Orange and of course, who can forget Micheal Madsen as Mr. Blonde. Mr. Blonde being my favorite character in the whole film, I really enjoyed Madsen's performance. It's something that not all actors can pull of without flinching, but he manages to pull it together all the way through. The acting, as I said before is all top- notch so all the players are good. Three minor roles in this film also include Kirk Baltz as a cop that gets brutalized in a very disturbing way, Quentin Tarantino as Mr. Brown who explains the meaning of "Like A Virgin" in the opening sequence, and Eddie Bunker as Mr. Blue who doesn't really do anything. The script by Tarantino is ferious and energetic, making the viewer watch the screen closely to see all the details flow well together. Unfortunately, there are a few too many f***'s in this movie, but the dialouge is still crisp and amazing. As for Tarantino's direction, he really is the person responsible for pulling this film together. His quick camera angles, sharp attention to minor details, and pure ferocity really make everything add up. Also note this film actually never shows everything, which makes it extremly powerful. Reservoir Dogs; it's classic, it's brilliant, it's well- acted. It is amazing. Grade: A +