It’s just not clicking with me; it seems like very little actually occurs throughout the entire movie. It was interesting to spot David Buscemi, though—I wasn’t aware that he appeared in one of Tarantino’s earlier works.

I must have missed something... Following a botched robbery where some thieves in funeral clothes wound up killing police officers – one sustaining a gunshot while stealing a car– they retreat to their safe house, where accusations fly with harsh language. What follows is a retelling of how the robbery was planned and carried out, along with introductions to the characters, which ultimately sets the stage for this su…

"Reservoir Dogs,” Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 crime drama/thriller, centers on a diamond heist that goes terribly wrong in Los Angeles. The film follows the surviving thieves as they argue within a warehouse to determine who among them is cooperating with the police. Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen and Chris Penn portray the central criminals, with Lawrence Tierney appearing as the experienced lea…

The film offered an unusual perspective on the heist genre’s familiar pitfalls, proving to be remarkably good—it was both visually striking and clever, while also being surprisingly humorous and low-budget. The praise that has followed Tarantino's work for revitalizing American movies is reminiscent of what happened with Martin Scorsese’s 'Mean Streets,' beginning around the 70s, regarding its depiction of violence a…