The text I sourced is the the plot of reservoir dogs from wikipedia so that people know what the film is about and what happens in the film. I wrote my own intro introducing reservoir dogs and Quentin Tarentino as a director. I had to cut some of the unnecessary plot to make it fit my magazine spread.
Written Intro
In 1992, Reservoir Dogs transformed Quentin Tarantino
practically overnight from an unknown screenwriter and part-time actor to the
most influential new filmmaker of the 1990s. The story looks at what happens
before and after a jewelry store robbery organized by Joe Cabot Mr. White is a
career criminal who takes a liking to newcomer Mr. Orange and enjoys showing
him the ropes. Mr. Pink is a loner obsessed with professionalism.
BBCfilms.co.uk
Clearly sure of his chosen format, Tarantino
inserts some bravura highlights. These include the dissection of a scene where
a shifty Tim Roth goes into a men’s room where a gaggle of cops happen to be
having a conversation. It's a beautiful example of the film's clever balance of humor and tension.
Wikipedia
Eight men eat breakfast at a Los
Angeles diner before their planned diamond heist. Six of them use aliases: Mr.
Blonde, Mr. Blue, Mr. Brown, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, and Mr. White. With them are
gangster Joe Cabot, the organizer of the heist and his son, "Nice Guy
Eddie". After they leave the diner, the action abruptly cuts to a speeding
car, in which Mr. White comforts Mr. Orange, who has been shot in the abdomen
and is bleeding profusely. Shortly after they reach an abandoned warehouse, Mr.
Pink arrives and angrily suggests that the job was a setup due to the rapid
police response. Mr. White tells Mr. Pink that Mr. Brown was killed during the
heist, and the men discuss Mr. Blonde, who murdered several civilians after the
alarm triggered. Mr. White is angered that Joe, an old friend of his, employed
such a "psychopath" and agrees about a possible setup while Mr. Pink
reveals that he escaped with the diamonds and hid them in a secure location.
They argue over whether to take the now unconscious Mr. Orange to a hospital.
Mr. White also reveals that he has told Mr. Orange his name and hometown.
Mr. Blonde, having watched them from
a distance, steps forward and ends the dispute regarding Mr. Orange. Mr. White
berates him for his deadly rampage, but Mr. Blonde dismisses the criticism. He
tells the others to wait as Eddie is on his way there. Mr. Blonde has also
taken a police officer, Marvin Nash, hostage and the three men beat Nash in an
attempt to find out if there is an informant. Eddie then arrives and orders Mr.
Pink and Mr. White to assist him in retrieving the stolen diamonds and dispose
of the hijacked vehicles, while Mr. Blonde stays with Nash and the unconscious
Mr. Orange.
Alone with Mr. Blonde, Nash denies
any knowledge of a setup, but Mr. Blonde is uninterested and tortures Nash for
his own amusement, slashing Nash's face with a straight razor and severing his
right ear. He then douses Nash with gasoline, but before he can ignite it, Mr.
Orange shoots and kills Mr. Blonde. Mr. Orange then reveals to Nash he is an
undercover cop, reassuring Nash that, upon Joe's arrival, a large police force
is in position to raid the warehouse.
Eddie, Mr. Pink, and Mr. White return
to the warehouse to find Mr. Blonde dead. Mr. Orange claims that Mr. Blonde was
going to kill all of them and take the diamonds for himself. After impulsively
pulling out his gun and killing Nash, Eddie rejects Mr. Orange’s claims, saying
that Mr. Blonde was a close personal friend who had always remained loyal to
his father. Then Joe arrives and reveals that Mr. Blue is dead. He confidently
accuses Mr. Orange of being an informant, forcing Mr. White to defend his
friend.
Joe, about to execute Mr. Orange, is
stopped when Mr. White points his gun at him, and Eddie in-turn takes aim on
Mr. White. Joe eventually shoots Mr. Orange, wounding him again; Mr. White
shoots and kills Joe in response; Eddie shoots Mr. White, wounding him; and Mr.
White shoots and kills Eddie.
Mr. Pink, who was hiding during the melee,
takes the diamonds and flees. Badly wounded, Mr. White crawls to Mr. Orange and
cradles him in his arms. However, Mr. Orange reveals that he is in fact an
undercover cop. Devastated, Mr. White points his gun at Mr. Orange's head. The
police storm the warehouse, demanding that Mr. White drop his gun. The frame
zooms in on the face of Mr. White who apparently pulls the trigger on Mr.
Orange and is shot by the police.
