Reservoir Dogs · 1992 — 第 6 / 22 章 · 2'14" · B1

The Crew Reconstructs the Robbery, Explained:set someone up

The men try to reconstruct the robbery, and the fight is over timing: did the police arrive right after the alarm, or only after Mr. Blonde opened fire? For one of them the order settles everything — "That's how I know we were set up."

あらすじ

In the warehouse, the crew replays the heist step by step. One account has the alarm trigger the police instantly; another corrects it, insisting the cops only moved after Mr. Blonde started shooting. That sequence, one of them argues, proves the job was betrayed from inside — a set-up rather than bad luck.

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注目の表現

set someone upfuck offshow upyou can see that

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このシーンの表現

set someone up

trap or betray someone

As Pink presses about the timing, White concludes the crew was betrayed.

They set him up and let him take the fall alone.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fuck off

    a vulgar way to tell someone to leave

  • show up

    arrive or appear

  • you can see that

    you can tell, surely

  • get out of the way

    move aside

このシーンのメモ一覧

31 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · B1go through something

review step by step

OK. Let's go through what happened.
表現 · A2things are going fine

everything is fine

- OK. - We're in the place, everything's going fine.
表現 · B1the alarm gets tripped

the alarm is set off

- Then the alarm gets tripped. - Right.
スラング · A2cops

the police — Casual word for police; informal.

I turn around and all these cops are outside.
発音starts going

Stress lands on the words after, marking the outburst.

Everybody starts going ape shit.
スラング · B2ape shit

lose it completely — Very casual; means to freak out wildly.

Everybody starts going ape shit.
表現 · A2show up

arrive or appear

The two argue over exactly when the police showed up during the robbery.

OK. The cops did not show up after the alarm went off.
表現 · B1not ... until after ...

only after that

The cops didn't show up until after Mr Blonde started shooting everybody.
文法 · B1didn't show up until after

not until: The not-until pattern stresses that something happened later than expected.

The cops didn't show up until after Mr Blonde started shooting everybody.
発音didn't show up

Didn't and show up can weaken and link together.

The cops didn't show up until after Mr Blonde started shooting everybody.
表現 · B1as soon as someone does something

the moment that

- As soon as I heard the alarm, I saw cops. - No, it wasn't that soon, OK?
文法 · B1As soon as I heard the alarm

time clause: As soon as introduces the clause that happens first in the sequence.

- As soon as I heard the alarm, I saw cops. - No, it wasn't that soon, OK?
表現 · B1become a madman

go berserk

They didn't let their presence be known until after Mr Blonde became a madman.
文法 · B2let their presence be known

causative let: Let something be known means to allow it to become public.

They didn't let their presence be known until after Mr Blonde became a madman.
表現 · B1make a move

act, strike

But they didn't make their move until after Mr Blonde started shooting everybody.
表現 · B1be set up

trap or betray someone

As Pink presses about the timing, White concludes the crew was betrayed.

That's how I know we were set up.
文法 · B2how I know

nominal clause: That's how introduces the means by which the speaker knows something.

That's how I know we were set up.
スラング · B2fuckin'

damn, freaking — Vulgar intensifier; never in polite speech.

Wait, wait. Don't tell me your fuckin' name. I don't wanna know it.
スラング · B1ain't gonna

am not going to — Nonstandard speech; keep it out of writing.

Jesus Christ, I ain't gonna tell you mine.
表現 · A2this is bad

this is serious trouble

You're right, this is bad.
表現 · A2get out

escape

How did you get out?
表現 · B2shoot one's way out

fight out with gunfire

I shot my way out. Everybody started shooting, so I blasted my way out of there.
発音shot my

The t in shot may drop before my.

I shot my way out. Everybody started shooting, so I blasted my way out of there.
発音fuck out of

In angry fast speech these words blur into one burst.

Get the fuck out of the way!
表現 · A2get out of the way

move aside

With sirens closing in, White yells at people blocking the car.

Move it! Get out of the way!
発音Get out of

Get out of often runs together as one blur in fast speech.

Move it! Get out of the way!
表現 · B2what the fuck

what on earth

Jesus Christ, what the fuck is your problem, man?
スラング · B2asshole

a jerk or bastard — A harsh insult; avoid using it.

- You fuckin' asshole! - Fuck off!
表現 · A2get out of something

exit a vehicle

- Jesus! - Get out of the car! Get the fuck out of the car!

「The Crew Reconstructs the Robbery」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a room full of men trying to turn chaos into a story they can act on. Nobody has the full picture, so they argue over small facts — when the alarm went off, when the police appeared — because those details decide the bigger question: was this a raid they could have escaped, or a trap? The line "That's how I know we were set up" shows how thin the evidence really is, yet the conclusion is treated as certain. There is also an unspoken rule running under the argument: keep using the colour names, and do not say your real name. When someone snaps, "Enough of this Mr White shit!" the others shut it down fast, because in their world knowing a name is dangerous.

Theme

BetrayalThe men conclude the job was betrayed from inside, turning a robbery gone wrong into a hunt for a traitor.
TrustThey argue over timing because evidence is all they have, while refusing to reveal names shows how little trust remains.

このチャプターで学べること

  • One verdict line can carry a whole argument.
  • A name refused is trust denied.
  • The gunfire line moves as fast as it sounds.
  • Profanity here marks panic, not coolness.

発音のポイント

  • starts going — Stress lands on the words after, marking the outburst.
  • didn't show up — Didn't and show up can weaken and link together.
  • shot my — The t in shot may drop before my.
  • fuck out of — In angry fast speech these words blur into one burst.
That's how I know we were set up.

The timing of the police is his proof: if the cops waited for the shooting, someone must have tipped them off. It turns a mess into a betrayal.

Wait, wait. Don't tell me your fuckin' name. I don't wanna know it.

He cuts off a confession of real names — partly to protect the operation, partly to protect himself. Knowing a name is a liability here.

I shot my way out. Everybody started shooting, so I blasted my way out of there.

A blunt account of escape: no clever plan, just firing until he was through. It shows how close everyone came to dying.

I turn around and all these cops are outside.

The moment the raid becomes real: one look back and the exits are full of police. It's the image the whole argument keeps returning to.

They didn't let their presence be known until after Mr Blonde became a madman.

A careful phrasing: the police were there but hidden, moving only after the shooting began. That delay is read as deliberate.

このシーンについての質問

Why do they think the robbery was a set-up?

Because of the timing. They argue the police stayed hidden until Mr. Blonde started shooting, then moved in — a delay that, to them, only makes sense if someone inside tipped the cops off.

What does "set someone up" mean?

To arrange a situation so someone is blamed or trapped without knowing it. Here the men believe a traitor planned the raid so they'd be caught.

Why won't they use their real names?

Because names are dangerous. If one man is caught and knows nothing, he can't give the others away. That's why someone says he doesn't want to know a real name at all.

Who does Mr. White suspect?

He suspects someone inside the crew betrayed them. His proof is the police timing, and he pushes the others to admit the job was compromised from within.

What happened to Mr. Blonde during the robbery?

He started shooting everyone after the alarm. The others say the police only moved in after he 'became a madman,' making his violence the trigger for the ambush.

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