The new suspense movie, “Shutter Island,” leaves the audience with one powerful question, “Is it better to live as a monster or die as a good man?” Pondering this question plays a big part in analyzing the ending of the new movie directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
In this thriller mystery set in 1954, U.S. Federal Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and his partner, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) are sent to Ashcliffe Hospital, a mental institution for the criminally insane, located on Shutter Island off the coast of Boston. The team hopes to solve the disappearance of Rachel Solando, a dangerous patient who escaped from her room where the door was locked and the window was barred. As the Marshals begin to investigate the disappearance, the institution’s head psychiatrist, Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley), doesn’t cooperate with Daniel’s requests and the mysteries of Shutter Island slowly begin to unravel.
The film is a bloody thriller with a few extremely intense scenes but is carefully balanced out by the touch of tragedy, trauma, love, denial and just a little comedy. DiCaprio shines in his most unforgettable and emotionally invested performance yet as a World War II Veteran motivated by some of his own personal objectives for being on the island. The spine-chilling acting of the “criminally insane” adds another level to the darkness and exceptionally detailed Shutter Island. Although each scene did have a purpose in unleashing the truth, Scorsese spends too much time leading to a rather abrupt confrontation that exposes the real truth about Shutter Island.
It is rated R for disturbing violent content, language and some nudity, and runs at 138 minutes.
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