Reservoir Dogs During the period of unavailability on home video, the film was re-released in UK cinemas in June 1994. "Reservoir Dogs" is regarded as an important and influential milestone of independent filmmaking. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 91% based on 66 reviews (60 fresh, 6 rotten), and an average rating of 8.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Thrumming with intelligence and energy, "Reservoir Dogs" opens Quentin Tarantino's filmmaking career with hard-hitting style." On Metacritic the film had an average score of 79 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". "Empire"
Reservoir Dogs kind of heist movie." The film's plot was suggested by the 1952 film "Kansas City Confidential". Additionally, Joseph H. Lewis's 1955 film "The Big Combo" and Sergio Corbucci's 1966 Spaghetti Western "Django" inspired the scene where a police officer is tortured in a chair. Tarantino has denied that he plagiarized with "Reservoir Dogs" and instead said that he does homages. Having the main characters named after colors (Mr. Pink, White, Brown, etc.) was first seen in the 1974 film "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three". The film also contains key elements similar to those found in Ringo Lam's 1987