Shutter Island
Leonardo DiCaprio is a federal marshall sent to an ‘insane asylum’ because one of the patients has disappeared. He and his partner uncover a conspiracy – the institute is not just for housing the criminally insane, but the doctors are also performing testing with the patients in order to make them feel no pain – perfect soldiers.
Some of the testing includes drug ingestion which causes hallucinations, and our hero has been having quite a few hallucinations in his time there.
As they explore the island, searching for the missing patient, they uncover more and more proof that what they’ve been told about the experiments must be true. However, since there’s only an on-demand ferry to get on and off the island, will our hero ever get off or will he be captive because he’s learned the truth?
There’s a good twist to the movie, one that I had already guessed, and I was hoping for another twist to the twist but it didn’t happen. You’ll find out at the end.
It was a good movie, albeit a little slow moving. But well done. Go ahead and rent it. I’d watch it again.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
I have a feeling I know what the twist is. But I’ve still got this on my rental list
Although I might go and see Leo’s new film “Inception” before I get to see this one.