Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Synopsis

Like Tarantino’s mainstream breakthrough Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs has an unconventional structure, cleverly shuffling back and forth in time to reveal details about the characters, experienced criminals who know next to nothing about each other.

Joe (Lawrence Tierney) has assembled them to pull off a simple heist, and has gruffly assigned them color-coded aliases (Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. White) to conceal their identities from being known even to each other.

But something has gone wrong, and the plan has blown up in their faces. One by one, the surviving robbers find their way back to their prearranged warehouse hideout.



There, they try to piece together the chronology of this bloody fiasco–and to identify the traitor among them who tipped off the police.

Pressure mounts, blood flows, accusations and bullets fly. In the combustible atmosphere these men are forced to confront life-and-death questions of trust, loyalty, professionalism, deception, and betrayal. —EverythingTarantino.com

Cast: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Randy Brooks, Quentin Tarantino, Edward Bunker, Steven Wright, Kirk Baltz

Sundance, Toronto, Cannes (Out of Competition), San Sebastián (American Way of Death), Stockholm (Competition): Bronze Horse

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