Tattoo of Revenge (2018) User Reviews

Tattoo of Revenge

[BandSAboutMovies · 3/10 · 24 June 2022]

Tattoo of Revenge is about Aida (Diana Lein), a woman who survived a home invasion that took the lives of her husband, her housekeeper and her unborn child. Faking her death as a suicide, she leaves behind her photography career and begins to seduce and drug evil men, tattooing them as they sleep in narcotic dreamland, leaving them forever marked.

In other words, La Chica con el Tatuaje del Dragón.

Director Julián Hernández has created a black humored - and black and white - take on the revenge film. Lein is great - all muscle and rage and barely concealed hatred for every man she even looks at - and I love the muted look of the film, even if it seems to go on about an hour longer than it needs to.

There's a whole plot about the rich and powerful making home dirty movies, but we're really here for wronged women hiring Aida to scar their abusers forever. There's a good movie inside here, you just need to whittle it down to find it.

Good film noir...

[andletlive · 7/10 · 5 November 2021]

This not Hollywood. The story is not spoon-fed, and is absent of repetitive clues of what's happening or coming to accommodate the easily distracted.

Breaking multiple stereotypes, the film updates the roles and behaviors of the film-noir classics to modern times. Yet, it still evokes the dark, raw stories and environments where unpolished characters struggle with, but adopting and adapting to, corruption and other social problems. The complicated tough guy is not handsome or a man, the "attractive dame" is not a girl, and other characters are not exactly who one may expect -- in part, because the film is socially inclusive, more realistic, unlike much of Hollywood, and other Mexican films "white-washed" socially and racially, probably to appeal to international markets -- in this case, like the US.

The film is over two hours long, but I did not notice, as I followed the twists and tried to solve the puzzle. An added realism in this story is that, without making it a point or a shock device, it includes alternative sexuality characters -- an ever present part of society that even classic film noirs were forced to barely hint about.

The film has its flaws, as often independent low-budget flicks do. In part because of its inclusion, absent in most Mexican films, many actors show inexperience, but the team makes the story work. The last part becomes somewhat rushed and not well edited. But all this is easily forgiven by those who can appreciate a very involving and original story that gives a glimpse of a world not accessible to most of us. I am very glad I saw it.

Not to bad of a film!

[RoyMince · 9/10 · 28 September 2023]

First off, you know a movie is good when you don't realize two hours has gone by. This is one of those films that I would consider a complete package because the directing production, the acting even the cinematic shots, they all fit perfectly. The beauty in independent films is shown when the entire cast and crew believes in the project. Overall, I gave this film two thumbs up because it kept my attention engaged and there weren't dull moments involved in anyway. I for one I'm looking forward to some of the other projects that this Director has in store. Very cleverly done based off of the creativity that this movie provides along with a very well misdirection that causes a chain reaction of events.