Saturday, March 23, 2024

Poor Bastards of Cinema: Reservoir Dogs

 Before I get to some more Quentin Tarantino stuff that I've got planned, let's wrap this one up.

I neglected to highlight this rare case (not a Rare Case though) of a Poor Bastard who goes out in a blaze of glory.

Given the context, they still qualify for this.
You'll see...


In Reservoir Dogs, late in the Film we see the tail end of the infamous heist gone wrong.

Our Heroes (?) are making their escape, but lose their car (and driver).
As such, they try to stop a new one...

This woman, however, is not just going to let this happen.

She goes for a gun she keeps in her car (this is 1990's L.A. after all)
She shoots Mr. Orange- who spends half of the Film bleeding out from said wound- as he goes for her door.
He...gets his receipt seconds later though.

A true pyrrhic victory.
At least she goes out with a great face of death (and a great bump- as she is a Stunt Woman).
So, to review, a random woman is just driving somewhere.  People try to car jack her.
She fights back and dies.

She has no name- thus a Poor Bastard.


With that out of the way, let's see if I can get regular updates going on this Segment again...

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