Quentin Tarantino

*****
5/5

'Robbery, blood, violence, torture all in the comfort of your own home.' The film that many considered the worst influential of the 1990's was shot in just five weeks on a tight $1.5 million budget. Its runaway success came as something of a surprise even to its debuting writer/director Quentin Tarantino, who was hoping for a cult hit rather than a phenomenon that would inspire countless wannabes. Working wonders with Tarantino's pacey, attitude-laced dialogue, the ensemble cast is uniformly excellent, with Michael Madsen's sadistic, ear-slashing Mr. Blonde and Steve Buscemi's exasperated Mr. Pink particularly outstanding. Brash, abrasive and unrelenting.
 

(1991)   
US   Colour   94 mins