1992 · crime · thriller
Reservoir Dogs
Directed by Quentin Tarantino1h 39m1992
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Our read: Reservoir Dogs (1992) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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Sombre, kinetic, extreme crime / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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