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Four Perfect Killers. One Perfect Crime. Critically acclaimed for its raw power and breathtaking ferocity, it's the brilliant American gangster movie classic from writer-director Quentin Tarantino. They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realize one of them is a police informer. But which one?

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Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere (i.e., a video store in Manhattan Beach, California) and turned Hollywood on its ear in 1992 with his explosive first feature, Reservoir Dogs. 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. As many critics have observed, it is a movie about "honor among thieves" (just as Pulp Fiction is about redemption, and Jackie Brown is about survival). Along with everything else, the movie provides a showcase for a terrific ensemble of actors: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Christopher Penn, and Tarantino himself, offering a fervent dissection of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" over breakfast. Reservoir Dogs is violent (though the violence is implied rather than explicit), clever, gabby, harrowing, funny, suspenseful, and even--in the end--unexpectedly moving. (Don't forget that "Super Sounds of the Seventies" soundtrack, either.) Reservoir Dogs deserves just as much acclaim and attention as its follow-up, Pulp Fiction, would receive two years later. --Jim Emerson

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 19154
Director ‏ : ‎ Quentin Tarantino
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, Digital_copy
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 39 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 6, 2007
Actors ‏ : ‎ Kirk Baltz, Randy Brooks, Edward Bunker, Steve Buscemi, Suzanne Celeste
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, English
Studio ‏ : ‎ Lionsgate Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000KX0ISG
Writers ‏ : ‎ Quentin Tarantino
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Jesus Melendrez

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Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2024

Great one

Reservoir Dogs, 15th anniversary on Blu Ray

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2013

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Most all are familiar with this film and have discussed its storyline, music, acting, directing and everything else...so I won't. I will just review the transfer of this film to Blu Ray. If you're a Tarantino fan, this is one for you if you don't already have it. It firmly established him as a director while still early in his career and he has made many great movies since.

I do have the standard definition DVD and have watched it numerous times but this will not be a side by side comparison, just a short discussion of the Blu Ray's quality.

VIDEO....The transfer of the video is very clean with strong colors despite a muting of the entire color grading throughout the film. Contrast is excellent and details, even some of the very small ones, are clearly defined. The lines of the tiny tiles in the meet-up building are easy to see without a blurring of lines despite the depth of field which brings them slightly out of focus. I saw no dirt or artifacting at any time in the watching of this Blu Ray. Shot on film, naturally there will be a slight patina of grain but it is difficult to really see and is not a viewing problem in the slightest.

AUDIO....Now this is a bit odd. For English, you have a choice of a Dolby EX 5.1 audio or a lossless DTS HD 6.1. That is not a typing mistake...the audio is 6.1. Okay, that is great but if they are going to upgrade to a 6.1 audio track let there be information for 6 channels plus the sub. There really isn't. The lossless audio provided clear and transparent dialogue that plenty easy to understand. The audio soundtrack is beautifully spread across the front sound stage and the stereo separation of the typical Tarantino soundtrack is simply great, however, there really is no use of the rear sound stage for anything other than some light ambient echo which is barely discernible. The front surrounds do get some discreet directionality from the left and right surrounds but not a whole lot. Yes, this movie has more dialogue than any real action but when the action does come in the second half of the film, though the sub works nicely for the gunshots, there is not much for the home theater to do. The volume levels are just fine so no need to play with your remote's volume control but, maybe the 6.1 track would have worked better on Tarantino's Django Unchained or Kill Bill 1 & 2.

EXTRAS....Some fine deleted scenes and alternate takes of the ear cutting scene. Also a Criminal Minds type profiling of the members of the gang that I found psychologically interesting. From the old SD DVD, there was also included a 'Playing it Fast and Loose' Documentary and an interesting 'Pulp Factoids' extra that pops up little tidbits of info during the course of the film. I discovered this feature after I had finished watching the film. Next time I watch it, I will be sure to have it turned on.
Finally, there were also 2 trailers for other films, 'Crank' and one of the 'Saw' films. I really dislike previews on any DVD whether it be Blu Ray or Standard def. You are being forced to pay for commercials when the disc space could go to an even better resolution feature film that you just paid for.

All my reviews focus solely on the quality of the transfers to Blu Ray of both video and audio and I do hope that this review has been of some help to you in deciding upon your purchase decisions and that I am on the correct path with this type of review.
Thanks for reading.

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IndigoRocs

Solid rental experience

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2024

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Five stars for the film, three stars for the package.

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2002

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Though I have mixed feelings about Quentin Tarantino's work in general, I have nothing but praise for Reservoir Dogs. It hasn't dated a bit since its release 10 years ago (though that's because of its almost vintage look to begin with) and still packs a wallop, remaining a bold, exhilarating, unique masterpiece, with all of the energy and fresh creativity of a movie-loving filmmaker but none of the pretensions.
I was positively elated at the prospect of this 10th-anniversary re-release, but I must say, the bonus materials are not nearly as satisfying as I thought they would be. First off, the commentary tracks. Tarantino himself is that oddest of species -- many actors and directors are not good at recording commentaries because they're either too bland (too much of "I love this", "I love that") or have an accent (John Woo, for example), but Tarantino's commentary track suffers from too much verbality. Much like his scene in the film Sleep with Me, Tarantino often engages in lengthy verbal diarrhea which often have only cursory relevance to the scene at hand. Producer Monte Hellman is even more irritating; on his commentary he frequently refers to the film as if he'd directed it. Grotesquely annoying. I would much rather have had more of the actors -- Tim Roth's comments on his own work are always wonderfully insightful, and I would have loved to hear Harvey Keitel talk about the film, given his crucial role in getting the film financed. A terrific surprise is cinematographer Andrzej Sekula's commentary. Perceptive, illuminating and devoid of ego, Sekula's commentary really elevated my interpretation of this film. Another surprise commentary is by Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers, whose insight into this film's use of music is very convincing.
Unfortunately, much of the rest of the package often smacks of self-importance. The packaging (with a different character/actor on each cover) is cute and not unfitting, but the idea of selling all four in an extremely expensive pack sounds plain greedy, considering all the discs contain the same information. So you'd be paying the price of four double-disc editions solely for the different packaging. They should have simply released a larger boxed set with all the packaging but only two DVDs to cut down on cost. The cut scenes are interesting, and it's obvious from first glance why they were cut (good job, Tarantino and editor Sally Menke), but there really aren't that many of them. Other than that, it seems to me as if the descriptions of the bonus materials on the packaging are much more interesting than what's being offered. An ingenious job in marketing, perhaps, but the bonus materials somehow left me unsatiated.
I can't really explain why the seemingly abundant bonus materials somehow left me cold. Criterion Collection DVDs, for example, somehow manage to deliver much more depth: The excellent double-disc issue of Traffic, for example; even Criterion's release of Seven Samurai, with only one excellent, vital commentary track, was highly satisfying. I somehow think if Criterion had re-released Reservoir Dogs on DVD, I would be much happier with the package. As it is, I still watch this film frequently, but don't feel too often tempted to explore the extras.

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R-Suarez-

Impecable transfer en 4K

Reviewed in Mexico on March 19, 2024

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Cualquier película de Tarantino es garantía de muchas cosas, entre ellas, de una buena banda sonora.
'Reservoir dogs', la ópera prima del director, nos muestra ya desde un inicio lo que se convertiría en una tradición del cine de Tarantino: escenas memorables que se volvieron icónicas por su contenido y por la música que les acompaña.
La escena al inicio donde los perros de reserva caminan en cámara lenta al ritmo de 'Little green bag' o la escena de tortura con Mr. Blonde mientras escucha 'Stuck in the middle with you' son tan sólo dos ejemplos de esto.

El transfer a 4K es impecable y es de una mejoría significativa sobre mi vieja copia en Bluray. Esto resulta en que detalles que antes no eran muy notorios ahora lo sean (algunas composiciones durante la escena de tortura tienen un efecto "borroso" que antes no era tan perceptible)

Recomendadísima.

Como nota adicional, la copia que recibí de la película ya no trae el slipcover, pero además venía emplayada en un plático que no es el original. Al removerlo, había residuos del emplaye original pegados a la caja. Esto me hizo pensar que mi copia probablemente fuera un devolución así que solicité un cambio (principalmente por la copia digital) La segunda copia que recibí venía igual, por si a alguien mas le sucede, pareciera que asi es como vienen.

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Reviewed in France on April 27, 2024

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Le film est remarquablement bien enregistré
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Le meilleur de Tarantino
Les meilleurs acteurs de Quentin. Une merveille
Merci Amazonss

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Mr. R. Mcelwaine

Tarantino's superb breakthrough directorial debut that foreshadowed things to come

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2023

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Six crooks with no past history with one another are hired by crime boss, Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond heist. Things, however, don't go according to plan, as no sooner does the job begin, than the police come sweeping in at the site of the robbery. A shootout ensues, with two of them being killed. When they all finally rendezvous at an abandoned warehouse, they come to the conclusion that one of them must be an undercover cop.

What can be said that Reservoir Dogs that hasn't already been said? A seminal piece of filmmaking, not to say controversial due to the moral outcry that followed it after its release due to its scenes of violence. Probably not helped by the campaign only just having been waged by the gutter press against, Child's Play 3, which it was erroneously said to have influenced the murder, of two-year-old Jamie Bulger in the UK, by two 10-year-old boys in 1993. In fact, the VHS release of the movie at the time was postponed until 1995 due to the British Board of Film Classification initially refusing the film a home video certificate (UK releases are required to be certified separately for theatrical release and for viewing at home). Fortunately, we now live in more liberal times, and the movie has gained a major cult following, and understandably so.

Marking the directorial debut of a then 29-year-old Quentin Tarantino, who had previously worked as a Video Clerk when he wrote the movie's screenplay. It was a highly impressive first feature, comprising motifs that have become trademarks of his. Violent crime, pop culture references, profanity, and nonlinear storytelling. Centering around a botched diamond heist, part of the selling point of the movie, is its witty, superb dialogue. Whether it be a discussion about the lyrics to Madonna's, Like a Virgin to the ethics of tipping, Tarantino displays a perfect ear for it.

What elevates it even more though is the relationship between Harvey Keitel's Mr. Brown and Tim Roth's Mr. Orange. Two of the careers criminals who up until recently have been relative strangers, but when Orange is seriously wounded in the midst of them both making their getaway, Brown displays compassion, being a source of comfort to his wounded companion. There is an undeniable bond that begins to develop between each man, which makes the old adage of honor among thieves ring very much true. Dissimilarly, the relationship between Brown and Mr. Pink is less harmonious and more prickly, not helped by the fact that Pink is arguably the shadiest and self-serving. However, he's also very pragmatic, being much of the time, the voice of reason with lots of smarts, and while not physically the most threatening proves to be the one character to not be underestimated. Although his pragmatism at times comes to the chagrin of Brown.

When Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) however finally arrives on the scene is where the situation really hots up, and tensions intensify more so. He is undoubtedly the most unpredictable of the movie's gang of rogues. Played with a cool, icy demeanor by Madsen, beneath that coolness lies the heart of a merciless, sadistic psychopath. In his presence, the atmosphere swiftly and undeniably takes on an air of unease and volatility. With this none more so encapsulated in the infamous torture scene which plays out to the strains of Gerry Rafferty's Stuck in the Middle with You.

With the non-linear structure which he would use arguably use to his best and ingenious effect in Pulp Fiction, flashbacks to both Brown and Blonde meeting with Joe and Eddie Cabot serve to flush out both men's relationships, with the Crime Boss and his son. Bringing an added dimension to the dynamic of how the story plays out. Eddie's unwavering trust in Blonde, and the precarious division of loyalties that Brown finds himself being faced with.

The performances from the cast are uniformly first-rate, with each of its stars working off one another exceptionally. Not least of all Tim Roth, executed a pitch-perfect U. S. accent, with there being no trace of his cockney accent at all. And it may come as some surprise that Eddie Bunker, cast in the small role of Mr. Blue was an ex-convicted felon, who had gone on to become an author of crime fiction, which lends the movie a further air of authenticity.

Needless to say, Reservoir Dogs broke the mold and ushered in a new era of filmmaking. Admittedly, I can't say Tarantino's career hasn't gone unblemished since, as I'm of the unpopular opinion that Jackie Brown reprinted the nadir of his work, and Death Proof more so. Nevertheless, he's hit more than he has missed, and his debut is a testament to what lay ahead for him.

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Reviewed in Italy on November 27, 2022

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Edizione del primo capolavoro di tarantino rimasterizzata in 4k in occasione del suo trentennale. Che dire, steelbook molto ben fatta, la cartolina è stupenda e fa contenti anche i collezionisti essendo numerata. I contenuti speciali nel disco Blu-ray sono gli stessi che c'erano già in passato quindi da quel punto di vista nulla di nuovo purtroppo però la qualità del nuovo master è incredibile, consiglio l'acquisto a chiunque!

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beautiful packaging

Reviewed in Australia on August 13, 2024

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a classic

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