All the Tarantino rip offs - Blu-ray Forum

levcore · 05-21-2021, 03:02 PM

So after the huge success of Reservoir Dogs and especially Pulp Fiction, we suddenly had loads of crime thrillers in the 90's and early to mid 00's that were desperate to ape Tarantino's style.

How many were there are what are they? Let's have a list please!

I'll start with:

Two Days in the Valley (1996)

mwynn · 05-21-2021, 03:04 PM

Are not Tarantino movies rip-offs of other movies?

dvining · 05-21-2021, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mwynn

Are not Tarantino movies rip-offs of other movies?

What's the difference between an homage and a ripoff?

Gacivory · 05-21-2021, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dvining

What's the difference between an homage and a ripoff?

Homage when you like the movie, rip-off when you don’t.

imsounoriginal · 05-21-2021, 03:23 PM

Lock Stock, Snatch, RocknRolla, Gentlemen.

Not really "rip-offs" but influenced by Tarantino.

levcore · 05-21-2021, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Lock Stock, Snatch, RocknRolla, Gentlemen.

Not really "rip-offs" but influenced by Tarantino.

Also Lock, Stock and Snatch really triggered a number of their own rip offs, British gangster/ crime movies. This sub genre had obviously been a thing for many years but those 2 movies definitely spawned a bunch of imitators.

Sivorp · 05-21-2021, 03:34 PM

Love and a .45
Things To Do in Denver When You’re Dead

1blufan · 05-21-2021, 03:57 PM

The Boondock Saints
Too many films tried to be the next Pulp or Dogs and most failed miserably.
Some great films came out from this time also that used the same type of crime-quirkiness that QT brought out.
Fargo
Bottle Rocket
The Usual Suspects

But films that I think were just blatant QT influence or ???
Love and A.45
Killing Zoe
The Immortals
Things to do in Denver when you're dead
Normal Life - Ashley Judd

Freeway
Truth or Consequences N.M.
U-Turn

Star Lord · 05-21-2021, 03:59 PM

The Matador

Gacivory · 05-21-2021, 04:02 PM

I never considered Fargo a Tarantino influence, because the Coens were doing those characters and crime films before Tarantino.

Tone blare · 05-21-2021, 04:02 PM

Two days in the valley
Way of the gun
Suicide kings
Playing god

br3ttD · 05-21-2021, 04:03 PM

Drive Angry 3D

dvining · 05-21-2021, 04:03 PM

Swordfish

drush9999 · 05-21-2021, 04:04 PM

Waits for someone to say Tarantino now rips himself off

Gacivory · 05-21-2021, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by drush9999

Waits for someone to say Tarantino now rips himself off

I thought he liked the women to do that with their feet?

1blufan · 05-21-2021, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Gacivory

I never considered Fargo a Tarantino influence, because the Coens were doing those characters and crime films before Tarantino.

While I absolutely agree they never went to the degree that they did before Fargo.
Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing and The Hudsucker Proxy.
Just fyi I'm not saying they ripped QT off at all. Just movies started seeing flourishes of humored violence that was over the top.

Gacivory · 05-21-2021, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 1blufan

While I absolutely agree they never went to the degree that they did before Fargo.
Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing and The Hudsucker Proxy.
Just fyi I'm not saying they ripped QT off at all. Just movies started seeing flourishes of humored violence that was over the top.

Are you saying Albert Finney with the Tommy gun to Danny Boy in Miller’s Crossing wasn’t over the top?

This isn’t meant to come off as antagonistic, just curious/thinking out loud.

Josep5349 · 05-21-2021, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dvining

What's the difference between an homage and a ripoff?

Rabid fanboys

dvining · 05-21-2021, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Josep5349

Rabid fanboys

What do rabid fangirls mean?

CreasyBear · 05-21-2021, 04:53 PM

2 Days in the Valley is my favorite of that wave of ensemble crime dramas set in California. Man, is that on Blu-ray?

05-21-2021, 03:02 PM	#1
levcore Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Dryland 4K collection:306 Blu-ray collection:2617 Trading Score:3	All the Tarantino rip offs So after the huge success of Reservoir Dogs and especially Pulp Fiction, we suddenly had loads of crime thrillers in the 90's and early to mid 00's that were desperate to ape Tarantino's style. How many were there are what are they? Let's have a list please! I'll start with: Two Days in the Valley (1996)

05-21-2021, 03:04 PM	#2
mwynn Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Mar 2008 Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:2	Are not Tarantino movies rip-offs of other movies?

05-21-2021, 03:23 PM	#5
imsounoriginal Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:NYC 4K collection:320 Blu-ray collection:946 DVD collection:70 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:59	Lock Stock, Snatch, RocknRolla, Gentlemen. Not really "rip-offs" but influenced by Tarantino.

05-21-2021, 03:34 PM	#7
Sivorp Active Member Member since:Mar 2018 Location:Adelaide, SA	Love and a .45 Things To Do in Denver When You’re Dead

05-21-2021, 03:57 PM	#8
1blufan Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2009 Location:The Road to Nowhere. Blu-ray collection:305 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:198	The Boondock Saints Too many films tried to be the next Pulp or Dogs and most failed miserably. Some great films came out from this time also that used the same type of crime-quirkiness that QT brought out. Fargo Bottle Rocket The Usual Suspects But films that I think were just blatant QT influence or ??? Love and A.45 Killing Zoe The Immortals Things to do in Denver when you're dead Normal Life - Ashley Judd Freeway Truth or Consequences N.M. U-Turn

05-21-2021, 03:59 PM	#9
Star Lord Blu-ray Champion Member since:Mar 2017 Location:Knowhere 4K collection:34 Blu-ray collection:177	The Matador

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Gacivory Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2016 Location:Los Angeles, California 4K collection:1121 Blu-ray collection:5611 DVD collection:183 Digital collection:25 Trading Score:1	I never considered Fargo a Tarantino influence, because the Coens were doing those characters and crime films before Tarantino.

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Tone blare Special Member Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:137 Blu-ray collection:1237 MA collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:13 Trading Score:140	Two days in the valley Way of the gun Suicide kings Playing god

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dvining Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2011 Location:South Carolina 4K collection:304 Blu-ray collection:1531 DVD collection:31	Swordfish

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drush9999 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Nov 2016 Location:Sutton Coldfield, England 4K collection:566 Blu-ray collection:6092 DVD collection:488 Trading Score:1	Waits for someone to say Tarantino now rips himself off

05-21-2021, 04:53 PM	#20
CreasyBear Blu-ray Count Member since:Apr 2019 Trading Score:115	2 Days in the Valley is my favorite of that wave of ensemble crime dramas set in California. Man, is that on Blu-ray?

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