The Tattooist

A 2007 New Zealand production by director Peter Burger of a mystery/horror flick. A tattoo artist, played by Jason Behr is at a Tattoo festival set in Singapore where he sees a very cute girl (of course) played by Mia Blake, and he follows her to a tent where the girls cousins are in the process of completing a tattoo. He impulsively steals an old tattoo tool from the Samoan tattoo artists, and after cutting himself with it finds his path set on a cycle of revenge via tattoos. Some will argue that the movie is less horror and more poorly done mystery, some the reverse.

What I thought upon seeing the theft of the tattoo tool, was "Well, this will end badly." I was right. The final scenes of the movie involve some truly beautiful tattoo art, and a repudiation of many years of ostracism for a "Shamed" family.

All in all, a good watch it once film that doesn't try too hard to be anything more than a decent entertainment. At least in my eyes.

Critiquegod's rating: A for Acceptable