Review of The Tattooist (2007) by Scheherazade B — 12 Sep 2008

GREAT movie...scared the pants off me...almost literally! LOL.

AND OMG...Jason Behr is shirtless and with Tats!!! TOO HOTT!!!

Ok, now about the movie...

Jake Sawyer (Jason Behr), an American tattoo artist, exploits ethnic designs from around the world. Wile at a tattoo expo in Singapore he meets Alipati (Robbie Magasiva) and learns of the traditional Samoan tatau. When the Samoans refused to show him their ways or their designs Jake tries to learn more by talking with Alipati?s beautiful cousin, Sina (Mia Blake), he soon falling for her and even tattoos her.

But when Jake impulsively steals an ancient Samoan tattooing tool, he unknowingly releases a powerful angry spirit. Now his art work is killing everyone he's tattooed. Jake tracks the Samoans to Aukland trying to find a solution to what was happening but found nothing but Pacific mysticism and half truths.

Now Jake must recover his own soul and find the killer of the evil spirit if he is to save the woman he loves and escape with his life.

THE TATTOOIST is a supernatural thriller, made by Singaporean and New Zealand co-production partners. The story centers on Samoan spiritual beliefs, in which the barrier between our world and the spirit world is very thin, leading events in one to have serious and chilling repercussions in the other.