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Review by MvMMDI
Added: April 06, 2004
Our opening scene puts us in a restaurant, listening to the boys chat about Madonna's song "Like A Virgin", and discussing the pro's and con's of tipping the waitress. Pretty nice opener, although I'm sure it doesn't sound it. Credits roll (I hate movies that show a half hour of credits in the beginning, but eh), and our movie starts. Seems the gang has pulled off a huge diamond theft, and Mr. Orange has been near-fatally shot in the process. Mr. White is trying to get him some medical attention, but to no avail. He takes him up to their warehouse hideout, and tries to figure out what to do. The rest of the gang starts to show up, and Mr. Pink brings up the idea that there could be a snitch amongst them. Paranoia sets in as they try to figure out if there really is one, and if so, whom it is.
Great movie by ol' Quentin. As seems to be popular with him, this movie has the tried-and-true mixing up of the scenes; so the opening scene is really around the middle of the movie in regards to the storyline, some of the final scenes are really the beginning of the story, etc. If you've seen the ever-popular "Pulp Fiction", you'll know what I mean. Pretty interesting how it all works out, in my opinion. And suprisingly, it kept me interested from beginning to end; not once did I check to see how long the movie had been playing to figure up how much longer until the credits would be rolling.
The storyline given to us was done very nicely; nothing overly original, but the way it was executed was very nice. Quentin has a knack for taking some of the most ordinary actions and making them into a classic scene; ie, the discussion on tipping the waitress. On paper, it'd probably look quite lame, but it was made into a great scene. Some of the credit for that has to go to the actors, obviously. And again, very nicely done on that side of things. Everyone involved had their place in the flow of the movie, and everyone played their role out to perfection.
Since there's lots of shootings taking place, there should be some great effects, correct? Check in that box. There wasn't a kill-a-minute, but when deaths were needed, it came out excellently. The best part, effects-wise, was definitely the ear that was cut off. Very realistic looking there, and a nice touch.
Overall, great movie from Quentin. If you enjoyed his other work, don't forget about this one. 10/10.
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