Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2700 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-06-07
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Special Edition
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 95 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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 colour-coded aliases (Mr Orange, Mr Pink, Mr White) to conceal their identities even from 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

DVD Description
2-disc Special Edition of Quentin Tarantino's 1992 classic.

Special Features
Disc 1:

• Commentary with writer/director Quentin Tarantino, producer Lawrence Bender and select cast and crew
  
• Trailer

Disc 2:

• Deleted scenes
  
• Original interviews (Chris Penn, Kirk Baltz, Michael Madsen, Lawrence Bender, Tim Roth, Quentin Tarantino)
  
• Class of '92 interviews
  
• Sundance Institute's Filmmaker's Lab:
  Scenes of Reservoir Dogs
  Tributes and dedications
  Film Noir files
  Securing the Shot - location scouting with Billy Fox

DVD Special Features:

• Region Code: 2
  
• Running Time: 95 minutes
  
• Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic
  
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  
• Language: English
  
• Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired

Customer Reviews

just a plainly magnificent film
What is there to say about Reservoir Dogs that has notalready been said. The film is:
* Violent
* Abrasive
* compelling
* entertaining
* and genuinly funny
the film is set in a warehouse after a crime has taken plae and told mostly in flashbacks.

the acting in this film is sublime with standout performances from Michael Madsen and Tim Roth.
the film is famed by people who, have often never seen it, and this says it all. without having seen it people are stunned by it.

Along with pulp fiction (which i prefer, but is just not as hard hitting) and Fargo, this is the certainly the best crime thriller of the 90's and if you havent seen it, do so becuase it will knocck your socks off.

p.s if you havent seen it and you have a child over 15, the film is suitable. its not over violent and beside from the swearing and often sexual dialouge the film is suitable for any adult minded child.
dont be put off by reviewers who claim the film is over violent because most of the violence is brutality and there is very little gore


5/5 10/10 see it now

1 word - BRILLANT
I'm a massive Tarantino fan and i love all of his films. Reservoir Dogs i think though is the best by quite a lot, along with Pulp Fiction. I could write for ages about how good this film is and why it should be seen by everybody, but i don't think people could be bothered reading so much! Anyway, if you haven't seen this film then see it. It is brilliantly written, has wonderful acting, it's so well shot, and overall it's just an amazing film. I'd give it more than 5 stars if i could!

Different Kind of Crime Drama
From the opening moments of "Reservoir Dogs" you sense that you are watching a different kind of crime drama. The style and dialog of this picture bestows a level of intelligence upon it's characters that defies the reality of their chosen profession. Having said that,this movie is absolutely riveting in it's movements from the ordinary, to the grim, to the horrific aspects of a career criminal. Quintin Tarantino has written a tale of an almost corporate order to constructing a crime gang. The delight is in meeting these characters one by one. The particular crime is no more crucial to the film than a 7-11 stick-up. The crux of the movie is the portrayal of the rainbow of characters who find themselves involved in a life of crime. Much has been made of the violence in the movie, but it only serves to point out that all men are different......even the crooked. The director has included a number of very memorable scenes. This is not a linear film. The movie works more as a series of set pieces that weave together a story that is not as important as the individual parts that you have the pleasure of observing. This movie may take more than one viewing to truly appreciate.