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

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An amazing start to a highly succesful career and no doubt we will see more of Tarantino’s genius converted to 4K in the future. A must own for fans and a great start for anyone who has yet to sample his work. In 1992, Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) came bursting onto the scene with a crime thriller so unlike anything else that had come before that it changed the face of the genre overnight.

EXTRAS....Some fine deleted scenes and alternate takes of the ear cutting scene. Also a Criminal Minds type profiling of the members of the gang that I found psychologically interesting. From the old SD DVD, there was also included a 'Playing it Fast and Loose' Documentary and an interesting 'Pulp Factoids' extra that pops up little tidbits of info during the course of the film. I discovered this feature after I had finished watching the film. Next time I watch it, I will be sure to have it turned on. Reservoir Dogs is Zavvi's first Mondo Steelbook release, and is every Steelbook collector's dream! This limited edition Steelbook comes with a translucent sleeve so you can protect the fantastic, blood-stained artwork by Mondo illustrator Tyler Stout.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). But this new UHD image looks fantastic while keeping its very filmic roots. There is no way this film has the digital car-washed-out look, which would make Tarantino lose his mind. The film grain is very much intact and heavy at times, which was the intended purpose and even the early source of this 1992 film. The color palette is warm, just like Tarantino intended. The browns, oranges, yellows, ambers, and somewhat warmer beige and grey walls look fantastic. The Dolby Vision enhancement makes those gushes of red blood really pop when they pour from orifices and stain the white button-down shirts. The practical makeup applications reveal pinks and purples for bruising very well too. Let me stress, this is not a bad looking image, indeed it positively pops, and many might regard it as demo material, but to my eyes the slight

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. 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. The color coded names they use are of course Tarantino's tribute to the great 1974 thriller "Taking of Pelham 123". One of those six men is a traitor - and another one hides an even bigger, uglier, more horrible secret. For many of them this is the last day of their lives... Nothing more will be said.

Reservoir Dogs Extras

I mean, everybody panics. Everybody. Things get tense, it’s human nature, you panic. I don’t care what your name is you can’t help it.” Lionsgate is excited to announce the arrival of RESERVOIR DOGSon 4K Blu-ray for the first time to celebrate the film’s 30th anniversary. The SteelBook and regular edition 4K Blu-ray available on November 15, 2022. From this simple premise, however, Tarantino works wonders, elevating what could have been a conventional criminal tale into one with so much idiosyncratic style and originality that it couldn’t help but inspire and influence a whole generation of filmmakers who arrived in its wake. For a film debut, Reservoir Dogs is remarkable. Supremely confidant and self assured in its mould breaking risks, it often feels like the work of a veteran filmmaker as opposed to a kid from LA who hadn’t even hit his thirties. Rarely has there been such a self assured cinematic debut, where confidence can be found not just in the story being told, but far more importantly, in how that story is told. Unlike The Thing though, the audience spends the majority of the runtime aware of who the undercover cop is, it's blindingly obvious when you think about it. But it doesn't really matter. Of course, we don't know how many films Tarantino has in him, originally claiming he would only ever make ten films in his career. Thankfully for his fans, he has a charming but self-indulgent habit of moving his own self-imposed goalposts. It's quite funny really, were he to make an eleventh it's unlikely anyone would hold it against him. Simply being glad of his own bizarre ultraviolent take on some other period of history. Lionsgate

Reservoir Dogs comes with a brand new 2160p UHD 4K transfer with Dolby Vision. This is the first time this timeless film has been released in the 4K format. When Blu-ray first debuted all those years ago, Reservoir Dogs was one of the first releases. Since then, it's only been released a couple of times in either a boutique set or a limited release - and even that was several years ago.VIDEO....The transfer of the video is very clean with strong colors despite a muting of the entire color grading throughout the film. Contrast is excellent and details, even some of the very small ones, are clearly defined. The lines of the tiny tiles in the meet-up building are easy to see without a blurring of lines despite the depth of field which brings them slightly out of focus. I saw no dirt or artifacting at any time in the watching of this Blu Ray. Shot on film, naturally there will be a slight patina of grain but it is difficult to really see and is not a viewing problem in the slightest. One thing you can't accuse Quentin Tarantino of is subtlety. Reservoir Dogsburst onto the scene in 1993 paving the way for one of the more controversial auteurs of recent years. You could easily take issue with a white, middle class, male director who mixes huge amounts of racism and misogyny into his stories. His stories are inherently masculine, violent and exploitational… and fun as hell. Reservoir Dogs is no different. For all its zeitgeist quaking influence, however, how does Reservoir Dogs fare thirty years later, viewed at a time when its innovation and daring will no doubt feel more conventional? Thankfully, Reservoir Dogs has never been a film solely defined by its originality. Underneath all the hallmarks that would go on to define Tarantino and his career, it is a gripping story filled with, ugly, tragic, humorous and flawed characters.