Reservoir Dogs (1992)
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A group of diamond thieves must navigate the tense aftermath of a heist gone wrong while dealing with internal suspicion and a potential undercover officer.
The story
Eight men, including a pair of experienced robbers and a few others using aliases like Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Pink, prepare to rob a jewelry store for a diamond shipment. The heist goes terribly wrong when an alarm is tripped, leading to a chaotic escape. The group retreats to a warehouse hideout where tensions boil over as they deal with the fallout of the botched job. Amidst the paranoia of potential betrayal and the presence of a captured police officer, the men must navigate a high-stakes standoff while trying to determine who among them is a threat and who is a victim.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After a jewelry store heist goes wrong, a group of thieves—identified by color-coded aliases like Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Orange—hide in a warehouse. The situation escalates as they realize some members are missing or potentially compromised. They hold a captured officer, while Mr. Orange, who is wounded, claims to be an undercover cop. A tense standoff ensues involving the characters' leaders, Joe and Eddie Cabot. The conflict culminates in a violent Mexican standoff where several characters are killed. In the end, Mr. Pink escapes with the diamonds while being apprehended by police, and Mr. White is left to face the reality of Mr. Orange's true identity as a police officer before the police storm the building.
- First release year
- 1992
- Runtime (minutes)
- 99
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Quentin Tarantino
- Writers
- Quentin Tarantino · writer
- Cast and characters
- Harvey Keitel · Mr. White; Tim Roth · Mr. Orange; Chris Penn · Mr. Pink; Steve Buscemi · Mr. Blade; Lawrence Tierney · Mr. Brown; Michael Madsen · Mr. Blonde
- Genres
- heist film; independent film; cult film
- Themes
- violence; paranoia; betrayal
- Tone and mood
- tense; violent
- Setting
- A warehouse and a jewelry store in the United States.
- Premise and plot tags
- heist; crime; non-linear narrative
- Content notes
- violence; profanity
- Reception
- The film is regarded as a classic independent and cult film, generally well received with praise for the cast and Tarantino's direction, despite initial controversy over its violence and profanity.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 90% · scale: percentage · review count: 84; Metacritic · score: 81 · scale: 100 · review count: 24
- Awards and nominations
- Independent Spirit Award · Best Supporting Male · 1992 · win
- Production trivia
- The warehouse scenes were filmed in an actual mortuary.; The film's plot was inspired by the 1952 film Kansas City Confidential.
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