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Tattoo Reviews

2002

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A dark and gruesome thriller reminiscent of David Fincher's Seven, this freshman effort from German director Robert Schwentke finds an unmotivated young detective roped into helping a seasoned veteran solve a case in which people are literally skinned for their tattoos and brutally murdered. Schrader (August Diehl) is a lazy, .. Read more

Starring	August Diehl, Christian Redl, Nadesha Brennicke, Johan Leysen
Director	Robert Schwentke
Genres	Horror, World Cinema

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- A grim Teutonic thriller clearly influenced by Seven, this modestly accomplished genre piece is a calling card for... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
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  - 1
  German Se7en.....Excellent
  
  Very good little German thriller which has been compared to the excellent Se7en. Indeed, although the story is completely different, it has the same atmospheric... read more »
  
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  - Goldenboots
  - 53 reviews
  - East Grinstead, England
  - 30 Jun 2004 at 13:27
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- - 0
  - 0
  Definitely Worth Watching
  
  Really liked the story, the setting, characters - acting... Exciting film from start to finish.
  
  Reminded me of the book 'The Tattoo Murder Case&#... read more »
  
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- - Sybilisation
  - 41 reviews
  - London
  - 15 May 2012 at 21:21
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  Well worth a watch!
  
  Excellent stuff. Bit gruesome in parts but a great plot and good performances from the cast. Forgot this was subtitled/foreign film such was the quality of the ... read more »
  
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- - Ellebaby
  - 9 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 18 Mar 2012 at 22:26
- - 1
  - 0
  Worth a watch if you enjoyed Se7en
  
  Great film - very similar feel to se7en, nice twist at the end, good plot, nicely gruesome & shocking although the ending was a bit of an anti climax.
  
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- - Sally_bix
  - 12 reviews
  - Cardiff
  - 14 Dec 2011 at 23:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Colourfully Grusome
  
  Very well stitched together, a slice of art movie coupled with a more than skin deep homage to Se7en, just goes to show how far someone will go to behold beauty... read more »
  
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- - PJB570
  - 11 reviews
  - 23 Sep 2011 at 23:42
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  illustrated men and women
  
  People get killed for their tattoos after being skinned. Tatoos are then sold for vast sums of money to those who collect them as works of art. Police ... read more »
  
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- - juradino
  - 701 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Aug 2011 at 21:04
- - 1
  - 2
  Can I have my 1 hr 48 mins back please!
  
  This film did not live upto expectation. I found there was very little suspense and atmosphere. The storyline is a good idea but somehow seemed to be missing ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 22 Jul 2011 at 17:07
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  German classic!
  
  Found this film to be similar in style to the Bone Collector & Se7en. Would rate this up there with them. Excellent plot, quite dark/sinister & ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 28 May 2011 at 20:24
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  It's this sort of thing, so if you like this sort of thing, you'll like this
  
  A femme fatale, some running and jumping and guns,a touch of nudity, tattoos, flawed cops with a back-story, a moody blue-grey palette with lots of rain, street... read more »
  
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- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
  - 154 reviews
  - Wallingford
  - 05 Apr 2011 at 00:32
- - 1
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  Dark Art
  
  Shot either in dark interiors or , when outside, in downbeat locations or situations, this is stylishly unpleasant.
  
  Prominent in the plot is the ... read more »
  
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  - Aylesbury
  - 04 Mar 2011 at 15:58
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  subtitles omg !
  
  struggled to watch,as having to keep glancing at subtitles,take your eyes of t.v for one sec and you miss dialogue and plot of story.
  
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- - top3sons
  - 29 reviews
  - manchester
  - 23 Jan 2011 at 17:20
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- - 25
  - 1
  German Se7en.....Excellent
  
  Very good little German thriller which has been compared to the excellent Se7en. Indeed, although the story is completely different, it has the same atmospheric... read more »
  
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- 8659
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Goldenboots
  - 53 reviews
  - East Grinstead, England
  - 30 Jun 2004 at 13:27
- - 4
  - 0
  This is a good film - and not just by the skin of its teeth!!
  
  If you enjoy dark, moody, violent thrillers - like Seven (7) - you'll love this film. It stretches ones patients (!) and there are a more than a couple of ... read more »
  
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- - Pete Shuttleworth
  - Hemel Hempstead, Herts
  - 01 Mar 2005 at 20:17
- - 4
  - 0
  German gothic art
  
  Great film! Very dark and bleak and rather gory, but I think that seems to be the way with German films, even if there is humour, just to relax the atmosphere, ... read more »
  
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- - dizzy2
  - Gwynedd
  - 16 Jun 2004 at 21:09
- - 2
  - 0
  better than expected!
  
  What a treat! I get out a movie based on the reverse sleeve that I saw in the video store, but thought it was going to be one of those laugh at it's '... read more »
  
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- 16046
- - DrMikey
  - 70 reviews
  - Middlewich
  - 26 Aug 2004 at 09:04
- - 2
  - 0
  Thrilling
  
  When you get a DVD from foreign and alternative films, you often expect something that is different than the average Hollywood multi million project. And Tottoo... read more »
  
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- - Hans
  - Loughborough, England
  - 18 May 2005 at 20:45
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  Let down.
  
  It started off looking like a really good film, and it was, until the end, which i felt was a massive let down, I had guessed at what they were hinting very ... read more »
  
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- - Tony Rimmer
  - Dudley, England
  - 25 Jun 2006 at 23:22
- - 2
  - 1
  just okay
  
  Maybe it is a better film if you don´t understand German. I do, and therefor have to say that the acting was the worst I have seen so far in German films... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Nottinghamshire
  - 11 Jun 2010 at 12:09
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  Dark Art
  
  Shot either in dark interiors or , when outside, in downbeat locations or situations, this is stylishly unpleasant.
  
  Prominent in the plot is the ... read more »
  
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  - Aylesbury
  - 04 Mar 2011 at 15:58
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  Worth a watch if you enjoyed Se7en
  
  Great film - very similar feel to se7en, nice twist at the end, good plot, nicely gruesome & shocking although the ending was a bit of an anti climax.
  
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- - Sally_bix
  - 12 reviews
  - Cardiff
  - 14 Dec 2011 at 23:05
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  - 2
  Glossy menace
  
  The continual comparisons to 'Se7en' are probably a little unfair here. There were a hell of a lot of serial killer thrillers made before David Fincher... read more »
  
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- - Melon
  - East Sussex
  - 07 Aug 2004 at 17:17

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  A dark and gruesome thriller reminiscent of David Fincher's Seven, this freshman effort from German director Robert Schwentke finds an unmotivated young detective roped into helping a seasoned veteran solve a case in which people are literally skinned for their tattoos and brutally murdered. ...