Sunday, September 05, 2010

Movie Review: Shutter Island

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner arrive at Shutter Island's Mental Hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a patient. Ted's volunteered for the assignment for a personal reason - his wife's killer is also on the island - but it soon looks like he's been brought there as part of a sinister plot. As Ted investigates what he believes are sinister human experiments on the island, he is refused access to hospital records, which only serves to deepen his suspisions. When a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland and dangerous criminals escape in the mayhem, Ted takes the opportunity to visit the lighthouse at the far end of the island, and comes face to face with the chilling truth, making him (and you) doubt and question everything, including his own sanity.

An absolute thriller of a movie, though a tad slow at times, Shutter Island needs to be seen at least a couple of times with rapt attention to fully grasp the genius of the director Martin Scorsese.

I missed it in the theatres (was it released here, I cannot remember), but a definite must-watch.

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