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Shutter Island (15)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis
Novel by Dennis Lehane
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo
Federal marshal Teddy Daniels and his new partner Chuck are sent to investigate the disappearance of an inmate from the water-bound mental hospital for the criminally insane. Stranded on the island by a hurricane, Teddy begins to suspect the authorities in charge might not be giving him the whole truth, and that his own life might be in danger.
Running time 138 mins
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Ruth's Review:
This is another fantastic Scorsese-DiCaprio collaboration – I loved Gangs of New York and The Departed, and Shutter Island doesn’t disappoint.
It’s an intelligent thriller and although certainly not a horror film, it is pretty tense and scary in parts! It’s hard to know who to trust as, like good-cop DiCaprio, we start to think that the patients are the reliable ones, and the men who run the hospital and island are the criminally insane.
There are some stereotypical scare tactics – you’re trapped on an island, there’s a storm, escaped convicts on the loose, a mysterious lighthouse where ‘experiments’ are done...it would be cliché were it not for the superb acting and directing. Plus the plot keeps you guessing until the final amazing twist.
Ruth Puckering