Critics have observed parallels between "Reservoir Dogs" and other films. For its nonlinear storyline, "Reservoir Dogs" has often been compared to "Rashomon". Critic John Hartl compared the ear-cutting scene to the shower murder scene in "Psycho" and Tarantino to David Lynch. He furthermore explored parallels between "Reservoir Dogs" and "Glengarry Glen Ross". Todd McCarthy, who called the film "undeniably impressive", was of the opinion that it was influenced by "Mean Streets", "Goodfellas" and "The Killing". After this film, Tarantino himself was also compared to Martin Scorsese, Sam Peckinpah, John Singleton, Gus Van Sant, and Abel Ferrara.