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Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Tarantino · 1992 CE · Film · Modern / American · Contemporary

Six strangers given colour names for a diamond robbery argue over breakfast about pop songs and tipping, and the next thing shown is two of them reaching the warehouse with one bleeding out on a ramp. The job was ambushed, somebody at that table informed, and a captured policeman sits tied to a chair. Tarantino's first feature became American independent cinema's calling card.

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