Singapore Synopsis
“Evil in ink.”
American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau), and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Tattooist. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Thriller + Horror in Singapore
5 Singapore titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Tattooist itself).
Audience Engagement
50 audience reviews — more than 84% of Singapore films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (69th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Tattooist, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- new zealand · 3
- tattooing · 3
- tattoo artist · 3
- mystic · 1
- samoa · 1
- tattoo shop · 1
- singapore · 15
- evil spirit · 9
- ghost · 84
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #26 of 32 Singapore films indexed here (19th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Singapore average of 5.9/10.
Among Singapore Thriller productions specifically: #5 of 9 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Singapore |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | New Zealand, Singapore |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Spanish |
| Production Companies | Eyeworks Touchdown |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | November 28, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt0817228 |