In this highly controversial story of unrequited love a morbid violent tempered Vietnam vet lives out his darkest fantasy the deranged Carl Kinsey Bruce during kidnaps the woman of his obsessions and tattoo Maud Adams gives a great performance as that woman when she wakes up and finds most of her body tattooed can she become his ideal companion this daring and Visually compelling drama ruthlessly exposes an ultimate outrage the mutilation of a woman who's looks her in her living director Rob Bob Brooks combines eroticism sexuality and love to make tattoo one of them most arousing suspense Thrillers you've ever seen 103 minutes rated R 1981 color released in 1985 CBS Fox