“Reservoir Dogs” directed by then-newcomer Quentin Tarantino (“Jackie Brown”, “Pulp Fiction”) does a lot with very little and that’s what I like about it. It has a unique style, which is similar to Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “The Killing”. Both films are about heists by criminal gangs.

In “Reservoir Dogs”, a jewellery heist, which we never see, has gone horribly wrong. The robbers, who are each given a colour for their name, start to regroup at a warehouse. They begin to suspect one of them has betrayed the team. The film then keeps showing us both before and after the heist and for a film that could have more action than it does, it chooses to be a very talky picture and it proves to be one of its strengths.

Harvey Keitel (“Fingers”) is incredible here as Mr. White. Steve Buscemi (“Fargo”, “Monsters Inc.”) is also very good as Mr. Pink. I found Michael Madsen (“Donnie Brasco”) to be really threatening and scary as Mr. Blonde as there is a scene where he dances around to a track on the radio whilst torturing a policeman. It’s truly brutal. Tarantino saves a small part for himself and that’s a shame because he has the potential to be very good as an actor.

“Reservoir Dogs” could tone down the dirty talk and the violence (I think it is a little unnecessary at times) and then it would be even better but as it is, the film is very fun and stylish. It gives you interesting characters and while it lacks the slick execution of films such as “The Killing”, it tells the story in an intriguing way. The torture scene is arguably a classic sequence in movie history because it serves as one of the most menacing scenes ever. For a debut film Tarantino does exceptionally well as he assembles a wonderful cast in a great picture.