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The Coolest Tattoos in Movies

You can tell a lot about a movie character by the tattoos they wear. And there have been some seriously stunning tats on the big-screen. Here are just few of the coolest in cinematic body art.

Once Were Warriors

An obscure 90’s film, Once Were Warriors is a pretty under-rated drama about an outcast family of Maori descendants living in suburban New Zealand. The traditional Maori tribal tattoos adorning the cast members are pretty spectacular – after all, they’ve had a lot of practice: Maori tats were one of the earliest discovered by modern civilisation.

Check out the trailer here.

The Night of the Hunter

Sometimes subtle is better. In The Night of the Hunter, Robert Mitchum plays a charmingly creepy reverend who murders lonely ladies for their money. He may not be the nicest guy in the world, but those tattoos he so casually wears speak of the dual nature of a man who believes his killings are just God’s work.

See the trailer here.

American History X

Ok, as a political declaration they’re not cool. At all. But while Edward Norton’s Nazi swastika tats in American History X may cause some discomfort for audiences, they make a powerful statement about the deviant nature of the character. They’re also symbolic of the film’s themes, and if making film-goers awkward about tattoos is the flip-side to confronting racism in society, we reckon it’s worth the price of a box office ticket.

Catch the trailer here.

Escape from New York

This one’s a no-brainer. When he’s forced to literally fight for his life, Kurt Russell’s super-cool action man Snake Plissken strips to reveal a cobra rising up from his trousers, and across his stomach. Doesn’t get much cooler than that.

Watch the trailer here.

Dude, Where’s My Car?

The one highlight for us in this otherwise forgettable teen comedy is the tattoo parlour scene. Having got the words ‘dude’ and ‘sweet’ tattooed on each other’s backs, Ashton Kutcher and Seann William ‘Stifler’ Scott spend the next five minutes getting increasingly frustrated at each other as they check out each other’s tats. Confusion abounds as they repeat the lines: ‘Dude - what does mine say?’ ‘Sweet - what does mine say?’ It’s a silly skit in a so-called comedy, but it did make us smile.

Click here for the trailer.

Jaws

It’s not strictly a tattoo – in fact, it’s pretty much the opposite. When discussing scars while out hunting the great white, gnarled sailor Quint reveals one that used to bear a tattoo of the ‘USS Indianapolis’ before he got it removed. That tattoo removal speaks of a literal psychological scar, and leads to one of the best delivered and most heartfelt monologues in movie history. ‘1100 men went into the water, 316 men came out. The sharks took the rest…’

See that wicked-cool scene here.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Lisbeth Salander is one kick-ass lady, and her tattoos make her doubly so. The focal point of these being, as the title suggests, a dragon tattoo. The tattoos themselves show she’s unwilling to conform, again using body art to make a nice visual statement about a character’s personality. The fine curves of the dragon tattoo itself speak of a femininity stripped away, and her desire to harness the power of this mythical beast.

The Dragon Tattoo trailer can be found here.

The Place Beyond the Pines

Ryan Gosling’s bad-boy performance in The Place Beyond the Pines was pretty much acclaimed by everyone. That’s no small feat considering the film also starred Bradley Cooper, Ray Liotta and Eva Mendes. But we think the real star of the show was Gosling’s artistic tats. They cover his body like an illustrated storybook, and even his face gets a little ink – a dagger dripping blood. Perfect for this dramatic crime movie about a biker-turned-criminal.

Check out those tats in the trailer here.

Memento

Ever have one of those days when you can’t even remember what you had for lunch that day? Well, that’s Leonard Shelby’s whole life. After he’s knocked unconscious by home invaders who rape and murder his wife, Leonard, played by Guy Pearce, loses his long-term memory. So he does what anyone without a pen and pad would do – tattoos his body with a make-shift needle and ink. The only space on his body free of ink is his heart, which is reserved for when he discovers the name of his wife’s killer.

Need a friendly reminder? The trailer can be found here.

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