What Tarantino was able to accomplish here with such an obvious low budget is incredible. The story is so simple, most of the time is spent in one location, and yet this film is so captivating. Six criminals are hired by crime boss to pull off a heist. We do not know any details of the heist other than that the criminals are looking to steal valuable diamonds. Now if this story was told chronologically, it would be rather boring. However, the way that Tarantino plays with time makes for a rather suspensful movie.

When we are first introduced to the criminals there is not much that differentiates them. They all wear similar clothing and are eating a meal together at a diner. Slowly we are able to gather pieces of information about the characters based off this ten minute opening scene. For example, we learn that Mr. Pink is sort of a smart-ass as he refuses to pay a $1 tip. We see more of this from him later in the "Mr. Pink" scene. With the exception of Mr. Orange, the guys seem to be offly relaxed, so we can gather that they are confident the heist they are about to pull off is going to go as planned. Fast-forward to after the credits and we see this is not the case.


Through flashbacks we slowly learn about the four main criminals. Through these flashbacks coupled with the scenes in the warehouse we are slowly able to put together the pieces of the story.

Fantastic movie!