A great debut, yet not perfect

Rating: 6/10 (2 December 2012)

'Reservoir Dogs' marks the debut of legendary Quentin Tarantino, who revolutionized the heist genre with this movie. Crude jokes, nearly 300 uses of the f-word in a running time of only 90 minutes and an awful lot of blood. In the Tarantino-esque manner of using as few scenes as possible, this film is focused on the dialogues. Tarantino himself describing what Madonna's 'Like A Virgin' really is about (of course, it has something to do with penises), Tim Roth's cop story or Lawrence Tierney's selection of code names. There are so many rememberable scenes, that make 'Reservoir Dogs' a must- see. The screenplay is actually not as good as in his successors, but the characters and the dialogues are felicitous, nonetheless. The thing is, you can't mark anything positive despite screenplay, actors and the score (Tarantino's choice on 70's hits is ingenious!). The movie hasn't got a big budget, so there aren't any plus points on editing, sound, cinematography or blood effects. Additionally, the story of this movie is silly. You have to admit and I'm not saying, I didn't enjoy it because of that, but it's just not intelligent. These aspects make it impossible for 'Reservoir Dogs' to get a 10, but anyhow: go and see this movie if you haven't yet!