three weeks after seeing it memory is more or less blurred, not a good sign. I remember praising the high optical quality immediately after watching it, with atmospheric lighting and cinematography. The opening sequence I remember well, which is good but not very innovative form of grabbing the audience’s attention. A little bit of "Seven" comes not just through the serial-deeds, but also through the young-cop / old-cop situation. There are skin collectors and dealers and drug addicts who need to sell anything for a next fix. There is the father-trauma that causes irrationality. Everything’s there’s as if designed out of the handbook for young thriller authors. That means that the film leaves me back with too little excitement, but a feeling that tv movies look really cool these days…
German review: http://www.schnitt.de/filme/artikel/tattoo.shtml
IMDB: http://german.imdb.com/Title?0286204
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