I never realized having the dvd on my drawer until last weekend, so I gave it a go. First I thought it would be a horror movie which I avoid to watch after midnight :P. But I couldn’t sleep so I watched it anyway accompanied by iTunes and a radio station just to make things merrier. Well, just in case this is a horror movie, I can switch my brain to iTunes or the radio immediately hahaha… It turned out I needed to shut all else because the movie is awesome!
The movie is situated in 1950s, in which two US Marshals were sent to the Ashecliffe Hospital on the Shutter Island. The hospital is an asylum for the criminally insane. Leonardo DiCaprio is paired with Mark Ruffalo playing as the Marshals. Their mission was to investigate a patient, Rachel Solando, who escaped and went missing from the hospital. The only clue was a small note found in her room which says “the law of 4, who is number 67?”. Ted Daniels (DiCaprio) found many strange things in the investigation, in which he started to doubt and suspect everyone in the hospital including his own partner, Chuck (Ruffalo). The hospital is hiding a secret and it will not let Ted blows it. As the investigation progresses, Ted is also getting flashbacks from his WWII experience with the Nazis, which makes his mind and actions more intense to uncover the truth.
Martin Scorsese once again presents his mastermind, the kind that will make people hate and love his movies at the same time. A big fan would probably go so-so with this movie because they expect more. But I love the movie because it’s a mind boggling, dark but not violent, and it lets me to interpret the story based on the visuals and the dialogs. I read in one or two forums people go crazy debating the ending hahaha… Cool stuff!
The movie was based on 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane of the same title, and is also known as “Ashecliffe”.
My rating: 5/6
And how about your ending version? :D
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Added 20/Mar/11.
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