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," “Jackie Brown," “Kill Bill” (both parts), “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained," 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 entertainment. It’s a lesson on humble beginnings, which shows potential while not being up to snuff.