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radiolaria
Since: Aug, 2016
10th Jan, 2017 09:38:55 PM
Your description closely matches a 2015 show called Tatau.
AndyVal
Since: Jan, 2017
30th Jan, 2017 03:46:46 PM
thank you radiolaria. that was driving me nuts. worth a watch?
not sure if the show even came out, but all i remember is from ads for it on tv. it centered around two guys i think, that were touristing out somwhere tropical. one of them got a special tribal tattoo or something like that, but eventually he had a premonition of a drowned girl. he then tries to save her in real life, all the while this gets the two dudes wrapped up in a deeper conspiracy/bad people plot. that's all i got, but it's killing me to not remember what it is, as it just popped into my head after years, and i'm like yeah, i'd like to watch that.