The movie : Shutter Island --- is one hell of a watch !!
The Genre : Suspense Thriller -- Don't worry, its not the regular types !! Its a Psycho-Suspense Thriller !!
The cast : Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo -- to name a few, are a bunch of people who act and when they act they do it in style !!
The direction : Martin Scorsese --- the director, has created an amazing piece worth all the applause that it can get !!
The book : Dennis Lehane --- who has the credit of authoring the book "Shutter Island", this man must have some amazing thoughts and visionary abilities !!
The movie is about a Federal Marshals - Edward "Teddy" Daniels (Leo) and his sidekick Chuck (Mark Ruffalo) who get assigned to a case at Ashecliffe, a mental institution on Shutter Island. Once there, they have to figure out how a patient Rachel Solando disappeared from the island while under watch from the guards. But when they start digging they realize that not everything may be as it seems.
The movie moves on from investigations to doubting to allegations and finally to.. confusions and mega massive problematic insanities !!
What catches you is the way the movie has been put together. It works and works hard to keep you caught up. It is, so nicely arranged that you keep on thinking attentively and you do that happily.
This psycho-suspense thriller is one good way, which proves that you don't need jump scares nowadays to really make an audience feel disturbed and that too without being disgusted !!
One shortcoming though is the editing of the movie. Its not that great with some bits and pieces going haywire and clearly visible. But on the other side, if this has been a deliberate attempt to keep the "insanity" going, then yes, I must say- A good job done !!
Overall, Shutter Island is a great and suspenseful thriller that is well told, well acted, well written and well directed --- ending in an apt dilemma :
"Which would be worse : To live as a monster or die as a good man...."
