"Reservoir Dogs"
by: Paolo Sardinas

"Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag, got to find just the kind or I'm losin' my mind." Those are the words that started that unforgettable scene of seven men walking across the parking lot in black and white suits. The movie is "Reservoir Dogs", which is just as unforgettable and classic as that scene is still today. The first film by ex video store clerk Quentin Tarantino, is not only a riveting heist movies, its just plain fun.

The story shows the before and after of a jewel heist gone bad. But what so ingenious about this film is that you never actually see the heist. Tarantino leaves it all entirely up to you and your imagination. Now to play and incredible group of robbers you need an incredible group of actors. These just your every day actors, these are some of the finest men that have ever worked in Hollywood. Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, and Steve Buscemi lead an all star cast. The robber's names are all a mystery, to each other they're just five strangers in a room, stealing diamonds. Naturally, as to not reveal names, they get assigned "nicknames", sort of. Named after colors (nice little movie reference to the original Pelham 123), these four men embark on their journey and we never anything of what happened, but we still gotta piece it all together.

Words can't described how well these actors portrayed their characters, in fact lets look at them all:

Mr. White/Harvey Keitel: Keitel is, without a doubt, the pinnacle of cool. After their little heist goes bad, he sort of becomes the leader. Him and everyone else trying to figure out what the hell just happened. Keitel delievers a first rate performance, as always, and of course Tarantino would later work with him againin "Pulp Fiction.

Mr. Orange/Tim Roth: Every criminal gang always has a rat. It's natural, it's almost become a way of life. Roth is that rat. He plays the cop who goes undercover and eventually gets shot. Although most of his performance involves him being drenched in his own blood, he nonetheless give a rather amazing performance.

Mr. Pink/Steve Buscemi: Pink also happens to be the only who survived, possibly. His fate is never really known, but thats what makes it all the more enjoyable. Buscemi of course has an excellent performance and aboslutely steals every scene he's in. Constantly reminding the rest of the gang to "act like professionals", he absolutely steals the movie and never stop doing what he does best. Act.
Mr. Blonde/ Michael Madsen: The sociopath of the gang. Madsen plays the ex-con just freshly released from prison, during the robbery he supposedly killed several innocent people. He even tortures a cop buy slashing his face, cutting off his ear, and drenching him in gasoline. Of course only Madsen can play a sadistic maniac and still make it interesting to watch.

Quentin Tarantino also makes an appearance as Mr. Brown. Even he was only around for awhile, it was still great to watch him talk about the true meaning of "Like a Virgin". Of course Tarantino's acting was superb as well. He was able to make a heist movie which doesn't bore you with unnesecary car chases or action shootouts. It simply has a great cast of actors which also allows the actors to do what they do best... act. Grade: A