Quentin Tarantino - Ranking His Films From Worst To Best
5. Reservoir Dogs
The film that put Quentin Tarantino on the map and established him as the leading light of the independent American cinema scene of the 1990s. Featuring a cast of veterans (Harvey Keitel), oddballs (Steve Buscemi), tough guys (Michael Madsen), and friends of the director (Tim Roth), Tarantino crafted a violent, bleak, inventive picture in Reservoir Dogs, one which would lay the foundations for his future films and one which many still see as the quintessential Tarantino movie.
A dialogue heavy film, this was the first instance of the directors uncanny ear for realistic, off-tangent discourse, the best example of it coming in the films opening scene, which sees our band of suit-clad crooks discussing Madonnas Like A Virgin. Reservoir Dogs also gifted us some classic early Tarantino moments, from the slow motion walk in the parking lot (parodied memorably in Swingers), to the torture scene, eerily sound-tracked by Stuck In The Middle With You; the first great example of the directors Scorsese-like ear for pop-music.