Without a doubt, Shutter Island will become the most Twittered and buzzed about movie for the next few weeks. Which is interesting considering the film is set in a place that is all about isolation and limited communication, in a time that most of the characters are just catching on to the concept of a box that can show pictures and play the sound of voices.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Teddy Denton, a nervous but determined, mysterious but honest hero of the story. Set in 1954 with the Cold War heating up, Denton and his partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) are U.S. Marshals sent to a hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the 
disappearance of a patient (or prisoner, depending on how you’re looking at it) that seems to have vanished into thin air. To make things more intriguing, the hospital just happens to be located on remote island in Boston Harbor, making it a difficult place for Denton to figure out and the perfect place for the staff to do… whatever it is they do out there.
In the beginning, Shutter Island wants the viewer to believe they’re watching a pretty straightforward mystery, but careful viewers will notice almost immediately that not everything is as exactly straightforward as it seems. Denton ‘s nervousness around water that causes him to vomit, a seemingly innocuous Band-Aid on the forehead and a new partner from Seattle all twist from minute details to intriguing questions that are eventually answered. As Denton ‘s investigation unfolds he himself also seems to be unfolding. Headaches, bad dreams and voices from his past tell the story of how he fits in with the island and why he has some connection to a few of the prisoners held in the mysterious Ward C. (more…)
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