Orange/ Det.Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in his feature-length debut. White is gunned down by the police as the film ends. The police storm the warehouse, demanding that Mr. White that he is in fact an undercover cop. Pink is being arrested by the police officers outside. Shouts are heard outside and someone commands another to get out of a car, suggesting that Mr. Pink, who was hiding during the melee, takes the diamonds and flees. White, wounding him, who turns and shoots Eddie, killing him, as he falls. White shoots and kills Joe in response Eddie shoots Mr. White points his gun at him, and Eddie then takes aim on Mr. Orange of being an informant, forcing Mr. Blonde was a close personal friend who had always remained loyal to his father. After impulsively pulling out his gun and killing Nash, Eddie rejects Mr. Blonde was going to kill all of them and take the diamonds for himself. White return to the warehouse to find Mr. Orange then reveals to Nash that he is an undercover cop, reassuring Nash that, upon Joe's arrival, a large police force is in position to raid the warehouse.Įddie, Mr. Orange springs to life and shoots and kills Mr. He then douses Nash with gasoline, but before he can ignite it, Mr. Blonde is uninterested and tortures Nash for his own amusement, slashing Nash's face with a straight razor and severing his right ear. Blonde, Nash denies any knowledge of a setup, but Mr. Blonde stays with Nash and the unconscious Mr. White to assist him in retrieving the stolen diamonds and dispose of the hijacked vehicles, while Mr.
Blonde has also taken a police officer, Marvin Nash, hostage and the three men beat Nash in an attempt to find out if there is an informant. He tells the others to wait because Eddie is on his way there. White berates him for his deadly rampage, but Mr. Blonde, having watched them from a distance, steps forward and ends the dispute regarding Mr. Orange his name and hometown, which was breaking the rules. They argue over whether to take the now unconscious Mr. Pink reveals that he escaped with the diamonds and hid them in a secure location. White is angered that Joe, an old friend of his, employed such a "psychopath" and agrees about a possible setup while Mr. Blonde, who murdered several civilians after the alarm was triggered. Pink eventually arrives and angrily suggests that the job was a setup based on the rapid police response. Orange, who has been shot in the abdomen and is bleeding profusely, revealing they just performed the heist. The following scene is of a speeding car, in which Mr. They leave the diner and the scene shifts to the opening titles. White") and their character backstories are explored in subsequent, non-linear fashion. During the course of the film, the major characters are sporadically introduced by subtitles (e.g., "Mr. The initial scene contains no clues as to their actual identities or intended group purpose the dialogue is entirely conversational and seemingly irrelevant to any exposition. With them are mob boss Joe Cabot, the organizer of the heist, and his son/underboss, "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot. The film has many of Tarantino's trademarks including, violence, pop culture references, and nonlinear storytelling.Įight men eat breakfast at a Los Angeles diner before their planned diamond heist, most of them unknown to each other. The film is the directorial debut of Quentin Tarantino. Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American neo-noir crime film that depicts the events before and after a botched diamond heist.