The following review contains a few spoilers.Tattoo is a little out of distressed heroins, and the book of the collector. A man becomes obsessed with a woman after painting fake tattoos on her body. ,he kidnaps her and gives her real tattoos all over her body. Very good acting the plot and script could have been better but overall not a bad watch In that he only draws gives her tattoos on her body and does nothing else to her. PG13 erotic no hardcore sex scenes. A few erotic scenes and Maud Adams does walks around in the nude for a little while. If you like erotic kinky movie with damsels in distress than this movie is worth watching. The only DVD version is Pal 2 so you have to watch it on a computer. I think they should do a remake, with a better script. If done right it can be an erotic thriller, maybe straight to DVD, because it won't be everyones cup of tea.

Bruce Dern is something of an expert at playing psychotics, so it is hardly surprising to find him in this sleazy psychological thriller. Dern's deranged performance is weirdly fascinating but does not alone make the film an enjoyable viewing experience. Much more out-of-place is former model and Bond girl Maud Adams, whose non-performance in Tattoo is desperately embarrassing to watch, and fails to add credibility to the notion that Dern's tattooist could ever fall completely and obsessively in love with her.New York tattoo enthusiast Karl Kinsky (Bruce Dern) is hired to apply some fake tattoos to a bunch of sexy female models promoting a new line in swimwear. During the photographic shoots, Karl meets international super-model Maddy (Maud Adams), a beautiful but married woman with whom he is quickly smitten. Karl's only reservation about Maddy is that she is not particularly interested in tattoos, but in his twisted mind he thinks that he can change her views on the subject and ultimately force her to love him. A mentally confused loner whose father owns a secluded beachside cottage, Karl decides to take desperate measures to get through to Maddy. He drugs her, kidnaps her and takes her away to the cottage. Here, while she is almost utterly at his mercy, he lovingly tattoos her previously unblemished skin. When Maddy awakens and discovers what he has done to her, she is horrified. Over time, the weird psychological relationship between the tattooist and his prisoner grows stranger and stranger, culminating in a frenzied climax during which the victim stabs her kidnapper during sex….I half-expected Tattoo to emerge a morbidly interesting little film. The plot, while certainly unpleasant and disturbing, has the potential to build up to some interesting psychoanalysis and scenes of suspense. Sadly, very little of the potential is fulfilled. Things move along drearily and unconvincingly, with too many poorly written and poorly executed scenes. The very concept of a tattooist inking someone against their will is quite frightening, but here the pretentious approach virtually wrecks the film. Adams plays the victim-character as such a crashing bore that it's impossible to believe that anyone could desire her vehemently enough to stalk her. This makes Kinsky's decision to kidnap, tattoo and rape her totally unbelievable, which in turn undermines the entire point of the film. The bizarre and violent ending is unsatisfying, though in some ways tastelessly memorable. Tattoo is probably the kind of film that has a dedicated cult following somewhere in the world. 99% of viewers, however, will come away from the film feeling dirty, depressed and disappointed.

Tattoo is very beautiful and stylish looking, as is Maud Adams. Below the cinematographic beauty is a core of exploitation.Maud Adams is not a great actress, but she and her breasts have wonderful personality which comes through on screen. Bruce Dern, a very good actor, lends gravity to his performance and does much more justice to the screenplay than it deserves.The story of Tattoo is pretty silly, the screenplay amateurish and many scenes are poorly executed. But despite it's many faults, I found Tattoo genuinely engrossing. The film is a visual delight and the music score meshes very nicely.Be warned that Tattoo is psychologically as well as physically exploitative so sensitives should steer clear, though really it's very mild compared with some more recent flicks.If you're a hetero guy, you'll love it. 6/10

I think people are too hard on this film. It's one of my favourites. Maud Adams turned out to be a wonderful actress (have you noticed people seem to be nasty about models turned actresses if they're any good?). As for Bruce Dern.... WOW! He's great too! It's much like "The Collector" in the sense that he kidnaps her out of obsession, perhaps convincing himself it's love- being a lonely character in it.Don't be mislead, it's a good film. It's not perverted in anyway. It's known by people who've read about it that he tattoos her (probably how it gets it's title!), true, but people forget that she is attracted to the idea, denying it to herself though, which provokes his attack- probably. Well, that's my opinion and Maud Adams is my favourite actress. In my 'crazy' mind she's the best actress to have come from the James Bond films ("The Man With The Golden Gun" and "Octopussy", as Andrea Anders and Octopussy respectively). Try to watch and don't be led into thinking it's a 'sleazy' film because it's not. It's a marvellous film!!