Antagonist

Character Role Analysis

Joe, Blonde or Orange?

Reservoir Dogs isn't your typical narrative, so the antagonist part gets a bit tricky. Maybe the antagonist is Joe. He's the big bad guy after , the one that the cops are after, the mastermind behind the operation. Or maybe it's Blonde, the insane one who kills a helpless cop and innocent civilians, whose actions ruin the heist and ultimately result in the death of everyone else on the team except Pink.

Of course, the antagonist could also be Orange. Orange is the liar, the deceiver, the betrayer. He, not Blonde, is the real reason the heist could never have possibly worked. He eats in the diner with these people like a modern day Judas. He even has the gall to lie to White, who actually really cares about him. It may seem counterintuitive that the cop is the antagonist, but you have to remember that this is a movie about criminals. All of the main characters are "bad guys" which means, in a warped way, they're the good guys.