Movie Review: Shutter Island

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SHUTTER ISLAND

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The plot:

Leonardo DiCaprio plays US Marshal Teddy Daniels, sent to investigate an escape at a remote island mental facility. Ashecliffe is a maximum security insane asylum where the nations most violent, dangerous, and often hopeless cases are sent. He arrives on the ferry with his new partner Chuck (Mark Ruffalo) and, though still suffering the ill-effects of seasickness, immediately gets to work looking for the lost prisoner. Daniels may, however, be interested in more than just a lost prisoner and haunted by the memories of a past tragedy he stalks Ashecliffes grounds, fighting his way through an uncooperative staff, looking for answers. 

Thoughts:

This is not a standard Scorsese film in the sense he takes more time to develop the characters via actual dialog rather than gunfire and in fact does a pretty good job.  Fans of Bringing out the dead will certainly find a string of similarity to that film and people whom appreciate good twists that allow you to ponder the movie long after it has been seen will undoubtably find this movie intriguing.

Directed By

Martin Scorsese

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio - Teddy Daniels

Mark Ruffalo - Chuck Aule

Ben Kingsley - Dr. Cawley