Sunday, September 28, 2008

Reservior Dogs

I finally watched Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino, just one of many movies in my queue that I should have already seen (but haven't). What an amazing movie. It's not just the story and plot, it's how he chooses to deliver the story to us. It starts in a warehouse after a botched jewelry heist. The details of the characters and certain parts of their get-aways are told in flashbacks, while the main story continues in the warehouse where they try to figure out who set them up.

And what a killer cast (pun intended)! Harvey Keitel as Mr. White, Tim Roth as Mr. Orange, Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde, Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink, Quentin himself as Mr. Brown, as well as Chris Penn and Lawrence Tierney. Mix these first class actors with Quentin's highly skilled story telling ability and the result is movie making at its absolute finest. This was made in 1992 and I can't believe I didn't take the time to watch this before now. If you haven't seen this yet, add this to the top of your queue. This is a must see movie.

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