3. Reservoir Dogs (1992) Is City On Fire (1987)
Quentin Tarantino is renowned for his hip-hop artist-like tendency to take bits and pieces from movies that have influenced him in order to create bizarre, ingenius mash-ups primed especially for movie nerds to play guessing games with. Very few filmmakers (if any) do it to the extent that Tarantino does, which has caused some critics to label him as a plagiarist. "Now, come on," you might say. "That's pretty harsh. Take
Reservoir Dogs, for example: you can't deny that's some seriously original filmmaking." Oh, can't I? Ever seen
City On Fire?
Reservoir Dogs, of course, shocked the world withs it violence, non-linear narrative and pop cultural-based dialogue segments. The story concerned the aftermath of a diamond heist gone wrong, and the resulting shoot-out that occurs when the gangsters realise there's an undercover cop in the midst. That's not the plot of
Reservoir Dogs, by the way: that's Ringo Lam's Hong Kong action movie
City On Fire, one which boasts details such specifically similar as "gangster shoots employee at diamond store so alarm goes off, "mexican standoff finale" and "cool bad suits." No "Stuck In The Middle," though. Hong Kong never got Stealers Wheel, presumably.