SO overrated, aka The cuss-oriented squabbles of lowlife crooks for 99 minutes (and no women)

This was Tarantino’s first feature film, costing only $1,200,000, and it has quirky glimmerings of future greatness, as seen in “Pulp Fiction” (1994), “Jackie Brown” (1997), “Kill Bill” (2003/2004), “Inglourious Basterds” (2009) and “Django Unchained” (2012), but “Reservoir” didn’t work for me.

It’s hampered by a low-budget vibe, which I can handle, but not the uninteresting lowlife characters, their self-made conundrum, their interminably dull dialogue and the one-dimensional setting in which about 80% of the story takes place in an old warehouse, not to mention no females in the main cast. Tarantino's other one-room flick with a bunch of thugs -- "The Hateful Eight" -- is much more effective and contains superior subtexts.

Still, it’s interesting to observe his first serious stab at filmmaking and it has its moments of genuine entertainment. It’s a lesson on humble beginnings, which shows potential while not being up to snuff.