Shutter Island is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels(Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule(Mark Ruffalo) who are summoned to a remote island off the cost of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island's fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane
Thoughts?
Who is 67? Is what I'm seeing even real? What is going on? These are the questions you will be asking yourself through-out the movie and even at the end of the movie I went into this movie expecting a simple, yet well directed thriller with a predictable storyline. I came out picking my brains up off the floor. Ask yourself this question, when was the last time you watch a movie and the credits roll and you ask yourself "wtf just happened?" It has nothing to do with the storyline being confusing or poor acting or anything of the negative terms, its the fact that Scorsese rightfully guides you on this journey and throws you around all over this island and ends with your ideas lying on the floor next to your brain. Even after the last words are spoken by DiCaprio, you honestly have no idea what to believe...And honestly that didn't bother me. The ending will be a love/hate it type of moment and may drag on too long for some peoples taste.
Final Verdict
Very rarely have I ever talked or though about a movie hours after I watched it. Get your popcorn ready as Scorsese does it again with the tense, gorgeous, and dark roller coaster ride of madness that will literally keep you on the edge of your seat.
-Key points-
- Martin Scorsese sets the mood for this thriller early in the film.
- DiCaprio nails his roll(as usual) with such emotion and such a haunting personality.
- A great cast to support DiCaprio like Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Michelle Williams help make this movie believable.
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