Shutter Island is a psychological thriller directed by Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Departed) based on the novel with the same title by Dennis Lehane.
The movie is placed on an island outside of Boston in 1954, where U.S Marshal detectives Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) is investigating the disappearance of a patient at the mental hospital on the island. The woman, Rachel Solando, is gone and no one saw her leaving her room, which was locked anyways. Teddy struggles with trauma from his past, as he fought during the WW2. In one of his dreams, we get to know that he was in the first company to discover the Dachau concentration camp. The detectives have got no clues but a tiny note, so the fact that the personnel working on Ashecliffe Hospital don't want to help them with the investigation makes it even harder to solve the disappearance.
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| The lighthouse conceals gruesome secrets. |
The best aspect of this movie is the story, no doubt. The structure and the way it’s driven forward is amazing, and the curve of excitement is building up from the first scene till the climax at the end. Teddy’s background, which is quite interesting (and has relevance to the story) is revealed through his nightmares. These are filmed and edited with such brilliance that I sometimes wonder if Scorsese hired God to take care of them. These, and the cinematic direction takes the whole psychological atmosphere to a higher level, especially as mysterious things are happening and Teddy reveals hideous facts about Ashecliffe Hospital.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays the role as Teddy very good. He shows us a good interpretation of the character, and I really believe the story Teddy tells us. Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley also deliver good roles.
The movie does play with you mind, and at a certain point of the movie I sat completely clueless and had no idea of what was going on. I did not know what to believe. I sat there with several options and tried to solve the mystery, but I couldn’t. Scorsese impresses once again.
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| DiCaprio in a suitable role. |
Shutter Island is a great thriller with an engaging story and a fantastic structure, a good manuscript and music that suits the movie perfect, even though it’s not written for this specific movie. The way the movie plays on mystique and feelings is brilliant. A splendid choice for the watcher that likes thrilling films.
-LB
-LB
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