Shutter Island Review

Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, author of "Mystic River," "Shutter Island" is the brand new Martin Scorsese film about to come to our cinemas.

After a delay to the American release date, originally scheduled for the autumn, Scorsese returns with a psychological thriller hard and intense, set in the early '50s, during the Cold War.

The starting point of the film is the disappearance of a dangerous prisoner at a state establishment that, even if initially looks like a high-security prison, soon we discover that it is a well kept and isolated madhouse, precisely on the island that gives the film its name. The discovery of this and all the secrets that unravel from here on, are done by the hand and mind of federal agents from the U.S. government Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) a path overshadowed by a large and heavy number of suspicions.

In this psychiatric hospital where everything and everyone - from the methods of treatment, the goals of these methods, to those who perform them, as well as the patients - seem to have something to hide and a strong reason for this, the film clings you on the action in an intricate network where reality and psychosis encroach.

Determined to show the world the truth about the horrors they seem to be doing in that island, Daniels investigates with his co-worker - and us viewers with them - the mesh of confusion in which their own shadows of the past are steadily gain ground, leading to a point totally unexpected.

There have been various reactions on whether this movie should be compared to his latest works , like "The Departed" or "The Aviator," Scorsese has certainly produced another one of his black and tick movies, tailored to viewers that can handle strong emotions.