American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer (Jason Behr) explores and exploits ethnic designs from around the world. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he glimpses the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo (tatau) in the work of the fiercely proud Alipati (Robbie Magasiva). Fatefully, Jake is attracted to Alipati's beautiful cousin, Sina (Mia Blake). When Jake impulsively steals an ancient Samoan tattooing tool, he unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit. Suddenly, his art takes on a frightening new dimension, exposing everyone he touches, including the feisty Singaporean Victoria (Caroline Cheong), to mortal peril. Sensing the solution can only lie with the Samoans, Jake follows them to Auckland, where he runs into an old adversary, tattoo artist Crash (Michael Hurst) and a new one, the respected Samoan elder Aleki Va'a (David Fane). His investigation takes him on a devastating journey into the dark heart of Pacific mysticism. There, Jake must recover his own soul if he is to save the woman he loves and escape with his life.

Directors

Peter Burger

Producers

Robin Scholes

Screenplay Writers

Matthew Grainger
Jonathan King

Executive Producers

Julie Christie
Daniel Yun
James Dean
Paul Davis

Cast

Jason Behr
Jake
Mia Blake
Sina
Dave Fane
Mr Va'a
Robbie Magasiva
Alipati

Crew

Ng San San | Co-Producers
Leon Narbey | Director of Photography
Gary Mackay | Designer
Peter McCully | Visual Effects
Paul Maxwell | Editor
Peter Scholes | Composer
John Collee | Script Editor
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