Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

metalrage666 I've watched enough episodes over several seasons now to realise that the tattooing in Ink Master seems to play second fiddle to the bitching, backstabbing and outright bullying that constantly goes on within the show. This is a show about multiple tattoo artists from all over the U.S, competing for the grand prize of $100,000, a feature in Ink Magazine and "title" of Ink Master. We're reminded of this every single goddamn time the show airs, and the artists all have to react like they're hearing it for the first time. Also I'm not sure how official the title of "master" is, but it's a TV show so, reasons!Basically artists compete in what they call a Flash Challenge, whereby they are given a set amount of time to show what they can do using their skills as an artist. This Challenge can be anything from painting a design on a helmet, carving, graffitiing a wall or specific use of black & grey and the winner of this challenge not only gets first pick at their human canvas, but also gets to allocate the other guinea pigs to the remaining tattoo artists, deliberately trying making it harder for some in the hope that they'll fail and be eliminated. With the elimination tattoo, artists are given anywhere from 6 hours to 12 hours with which they come up with the best design within the parameters of the set theme, which may be a horror theme, traditional, pin-up girls etc. There's usually a top 2 and a bottom 2, until they get all whittled down to bare-bones and there's only a handful left.If this were the show in its entirety then I could really get into this and enjoy it, as I like tattoos and the work involved. Some artists fail due to the pressure or lack of experience while others thrive, however some artists may not have the skills in all areas to qualify as an "ink master". Apparently for that you need to be perfect at ALL types of tattoos and not just the ones you specialise in, even if you happen to run your own parlour.The biggest draw-back for me is the constant bullying and bitching that goes on between the artists when they all return to their apartment. They sit around and usually gang up on someone that they feel either doesn't belong there, or can't draw, is a one trick pony, is a "jerk" or one that really blew me away, doesn't have any visible tattoos themselves!I can't help but feel like I'm watching a bunch of schoolyard bullies all making fun of the fat kid, the skinny kid, the kid with glasses, the nerd or the redhead and this is because the others either feel threatened by a particular artist, or they disagree with the judges critique of their recent work as somehow being better or worse than the artist they don't like or don't respect. It's this bitching and conniving that detracts from just wanting to see some great work. If I wanted to see a group of idiots with their panties in a bunch over largely nothing or simply because they don't like someone, I'd watch The View instead. I remember one artist actually said that this is a competition so why would he not do anything he can to win? The others just sat around and insulted him. Others go so far sometimes to actually threaten with violence. How is that even legal? Plus I happen to agree that if it's a competition and you win something, why wouldn't you do what you can to make it easy for yourself to progress further? There are no trophies for martyrdom, I don't see any point in falling on your sword just so you can look like a nice guy, so other artists should really learn to just shut their mouths, grow up and get on with it. It's an OK show and if you can ignore the childishness and some of the obvious staged dramatics, you'll enjoy it as some of the finished work is quite good.

darbysat Other than watching the tattoos being made, there is nothing more to this show. They should just have the judges pick their favorite artist on the first episode, and save us from a season of ridiculous judging. Unless they change the show to allow for blind judging, this show is completely pointless. In fact the three judges often admit that they are not basing their decisions on that week's tattoo, but a culmination of previous work. What is the point in competing? ...apparently my review won't post in IMDb unless I've written enough information, so let me just say, "Ink Master". I would say that of most reality shows, Ink Master is one of THE most biased shows.

Charles Mason I began watching this show during the most recent season with the hopes that I would be entertained by the intricate artwork of tattoo artists. Instead, I was given migraines from each episode, as they consisted of almost exclusively over dramatic and obviously fake dialogue between the contestants. The focus on the actual act of tattoo and the results occupied less than half of the screen time. I will not be watching this show again. One more note: the enlightened parts of America didn't appreciate your very highly sexualized female canvasses, nor the comment, from your host for gods sake, about wanting a 360 turn from the first woman. With all due respect, I'm sure that woman was already feeling a bit self conscious and did not need your crude comment to remind her how sexualized the Ink Master people had decided to display her for America.

dobbysarmy7 Reasons why this show rocks! The flash challenges are relevant and creative, the work that comes out is actual art that I would love to own. Although it is getting a bit shaky usually at least half of the artist competing are actually good and deserve to be there. The best thing about this show is the judging. The judges are brutally honest. If all the work sucks, then they all suck and they say so. Instead of an even top two and bottom two sometimes its a bottom 3 and top 1 or all bottoms. I think this show would have deserved a ten if it wasn't for the new addition of the canvas jury. I think the time management was spot on for the first two seasons. They actually let you watch the tattooing and also see the end result and discussed with each contestant what was wrong or good with it. The canvas jury seems like its going to take time to hear opinions of people who don't really know what they are talking about or the errors they are looking for. Still a way better show then Best Ink.