Reservoir Dogs - Limited Steelbook Edition (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray)

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It begins with eight dangerous criminals eating breakfast at a Los Angeles diner. Being what they are it is clear from the first moment that they are up to no good. The breakfast is hosted by Joseph "Joe" Cabot (Lawrence Tierney), an important, respected (and feared) figure in local criminal world and his seemingly less formidable son Eddie "Nice Guy" Cabot (Chris Penn). Although the atmosphere is supposedly light-hearted, it becomes very fast obvious that this is in fact a kind of solemn farewell party before the six guests go on some BIG mission. Those six men are: grace both presentations. Dolby Vision and/or HDR give some special punch (no pun intended) to some of the grisly reds and purples of things like

Extras wise, this release certainly comes up light. I only received the 4K disc for this review, which contains no extras at all (not even a commentary). An accompanying Blu Ray will contain some deleted scenes and two featurettes, Playing it Fast and Loose and Profiling The Reservoir Dogs. It is a great shame that the wealth of extra features from previous special editions has not been included. I also cannot confirm if the new 4K transfer appears on the Blu Ray (although one thinks that it would). Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and watching Reservoir Dogs now, when the opening credits start to the dulcet tones of Steven Wright’s ‘K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the Seventies’ radio show, you know you are in for a treat. Even more so when we are presented with the opening scene of the main characters sitting around a table discussing Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ in what still ranks as one of Tarantino’s finest moments, the dialogue sharp, witty and, above all, real, especially when Mr. Pink waxes lyrical about tipping and why he doesn’t believe in it. There is very little film grain throughout, but don’t worry, the transfer hasn’t been DNR’d to death. It looks wonderfully rich, filmic and organic, with a very good encode to boot. Overall, the 4K presentation of the film is absolutely beautiful. its title). To that list (which I haven't even offered a complete version of here) I'd add the recently reviewed Symphony for a Massacre, at least in terms of a story which deconstructs the whole idea of there not

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Reservoir Dogs is a magnificent film: a violent, bloody, intense character study of criminals in the aftermath of a heist that went horribly wrong and turned into a bloodbath. Whilst director Quentin Tarantino’s influences are well known, his razor-sharp script and shooting style, demands attention and the film still feels fresh and new, and maintains its visceral impact 30 years later. Lionsgate are releasing Reservoir Dogs in a limited edition 4K steelbook on the 21st November. Any 4K release of a Tarantino film is an interesting proposition, as the director himself has professed a preference for watching films on VHS. In a recent Sight and Sound article, he stated that a higher resolution isn’t always desirable, criticising the ‘clean’ digital look of modern restorations compared to the more dirty, yet organic feel of the film prints used on many VHS masters. Tarantino intends to retire after his 10th feature film, plans he has had in place as early as 2009. The director even considered capping his career with a Reservoir Dogs remake but ultimately decided to leave his fan-favorite film alone. a Pavlovian fear response to things at this point (Lionsgate releases seem especially prone to really chunky, almost dirty, looking grain on formats included. I have long been on record as sometimes not finding the increased 2160 resolution and added dynamic range as being especially

The director was long-attached to the Star Trek franchise after pitching his idea for an R-rated entry to Paramount Pictures in 2017. The project would have been Tarantino's first foray into franchise filmmaking, but he moved away from the prospect in November 2019. Tarantino also expressed interest in directing a James Bond film set in the 1960s and was briefly connected to Casino Royale before Daniel Craig's casting.

Reservoir Dogs 4K Audio

Reservoir Dogs has enjoyed an excellent 4K resoration and looks as bloody as ever. You can still see no more of the implied violence than you ever could, but the gruesome aftermath is crispier than ever.

By this stage, Reservoir Dogs surely needs little introduction. The debut film from Quentin Tarantino already felt like an established classic when it was first released in 1992; as the decades have rolled on, not only has film itself remained a consistent high point of Tarantino’s career, but the cinematic language, style and tone that it introduced have seemingly never left us. For 90s cinema especially, and perhaps even for cinema in general, Reservoir Dogs stands as a Rubicon moment, a definitive before and after that helped herald in a stylistic shift that shunted film towards its modern era. again, though at least this time they've taken the commendable route of remastering both the 1080 and 2160 presentations. (Our first review of theQuentin Tarantino cast his net far and wide when he conceived of the idea of Dogs, though it is recognised that most of his inspiration came from the Asian market, more specifically City on Fire (1987) from which large chunks are ‘homaged’ wholesale. And adding his own personal thoughts on the world (tipping, Madonna’s Like a Virgin etc) by giving his characters their wit and snappy dialogue; and simply state that Quentin Tarantino hasn't been especially shy (is he ever?) about discussing various films that inspired this one, including has been putting out, and some of those releases have definitely not been up to par in my estimation, but Reservoir Dogs has received