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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Shutter Island
This psychological thriller (the 4th film collaboration between Leonardo DiCaprio and director Martin Scorsese) is the chilling tale of U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels who is sent to a mental hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of one if its patients. You quickly discover, though, that Daniels has his own demons as he slowly starts to unravel during the course of his investigation. DiCaprio does an amazing job of conveying the personal hell his character is in, with every tortured cringe and grimace. And Scorsese, who at this point is such a master of storytelling that he makes it look effortless, imbues such a creepy vibe to the whole movie that you are constantly filled with dread and squirming in your seat. "Shutter Island" was filmed entirely in Massachusetts, and all the locations - from the ominous WWII fortress that houses the most dangerous patients to the eerie lighthouse - are shot in such a way that just looking at them produces goosebumps. Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley costar as Daniels' partner and the head psychiatrist at the hospital, respectively. Amazingly terrifying and gut-wrenching.
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