Shutter Island
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 by Kevin Powers
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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Di Caprio reunite after their Departed days for what look’s like a top-rate thriller/scare/drama. Shutter Island brings to mind Halle Berry’s mental institution scare, Gothika (everyday-guard John Carroll Lynch is in both, even), but Scorsese’s tail looks far more refined from the view of this trailer. Call me crazy.
The story goes like this:
It’s 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He’s been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn’t been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy’s shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals “escape” in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything – his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.

Wow, this looks pretty good. Been waiting for a good horror flick since “The Descent”. Hopefully, the inclusion of Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, and Patricia Clarkson, and having Martin Scorcese at the helm, will lend this some credibility? Fingers crossed…
Wow, this looks pretty good. Been waiting for a good horror flick since “The Descent”. Hopefully, the inclusion of Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, and Patricia Clarkson, and having Martin Scorcese at the helm, will lend this some credibility? Fingers crossed…