TATTOO

In the basement of a building, a rave party fueled by alcohol and drugs takes place. Marc (August Diehl), recently graduated from the police academy, is among those who want to have fun with music and drugs until a raid ends the party prematurely. Marc manages to escape, but his jacket is found along with the pills hidden inside. Detective Minks (Christian Redl) forces Marc to make a decision: either work for him in the homicide division or his career will be over. The two police officers begin to work together on the case of a serial killer who collects tattoos by tearing them directly from the bodies of his victims. The film, let's say it right away, is very boring. The reasons are mainly due to the story, indebted to 'Seven' and its various epigones, which turns out to be totally predictable: there is no suspense nor interest in knowing how the plot will evolve, and the final twist is not a surprise because the solution is the most obvious one and it is reached without much effort long before the end of the movie. As if that were not enough, in addition to being trite and overdone, the plot also has some flaws and some inconsistent passages. Even the two key characters of the film are absolutely stereotypical: on the one hand, the experienced police officer, tough but ultimately good, on the other, the young detective in his first job but with great abilities. On a technical level, however, there is nothing to object to: good photography, cold and dark, and interesting continuous camera movements, some of which are really beautiful and well-crafted. The soundtrack is not memorable but does its job (as much as it can). Speaking of violence, the film shows a certain amount of blood and more or less mangled corpses but always within a certain limit. There are only a couple of really interesting sequences (especially the opening credits), but they still lack the right tension. In conclusion, betraying its European origin which made one hope for something more original, 'Tattoo' remains a bad imitation product, a thriller that is too canonical and cold and therefore a film definitely not recommended.