Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American black comedy heist film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in his feature-length debut. It stars Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Madsen, Tarantino, and criminal-turned-author Edward Bunker, as diamond thieves whose planned heist of a jewelry store goes terribly wrong. The film depicts the events before and after the heist. Kirk Baltz, Randy Brooks and Steven Wright also play supporting roles. It incorporates many motifs that have become Tarantino's hallmarks: violent crime, pop culture references, profanity, and nonlinear storytelling. The film is regarded as a classic
Old Dogs (film) based on 22 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike." Film critic Roger Ebert gave "Old Dogs" a rating of one star out of a possible four. Ebert opened his review commenting, ""Old Dogs" is stupefying dimwitted. What were John Travolta and Robin Williams "thinking" of? Apparently their agents weren't perceptive enough to smell the screenplay in its advanced state of decomposition". "The Salt Lake Tribune" gave "Old Dogs" a rating of zero stars out of a possible four, and criticized the film for "hammy acting and sledgehammer editing". Film critic Roger Moore of "The Orlando Sentinel" gave "Old Dogs" a rating of