Teddy Daniels is US Marshall assigned to a missing persons investigation at Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital in Boston. This is no ordinary hospital. It's a facility for the violently mentally disturbed. Furthermore, Teddy suspects that there may be more to Shutter Island than meets the eye. He believes there may be unethical experimentation and other illegal practices taking place on the grounds.
Teddy believes he is on the verge of a breakthrough, but he is met with a total lack of cooperation on the part of the hospital staff. Then, a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland and leads to the escape of many of the potentially dangerous patients.
Soon more strange clues are revealed and, in the confusion, everything is brought into question - right down to Teddy's own sanity and even his identity.
Thirteen years ago, when Leonardo DiCaprio was the pretty-boy star of massive puke-fest of a film, Titanic, it would have been hard to believe that one day it would be possible to praise him and his films. But truth is stranger than fiction, and the truth is that in recent years DiCaprio has been in a bunch of decent films. This is one of them.
Sometimes creepy, sometimes dramatic, always enigmatic, Shutter Island is a masterful tale of mystery which will keep most viewers guessing right up to the end. Indeed, that's what turns what could have easily been a pretty routine movie into something really interesting.
4 plot twists out of 5
Rated R for disturbing violent content, language and some nudity.
Watch the Shutter Island trailer.
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