Shutter Island: DVD Review

Shutter Island: DVD Review

Shutter Island

Rating: R16
Released by Universal Home Entertainment

Scorsese and di Caprio reteam for this spooky mystery thriller adapted from the book by Dennis Lehane (who wrote Mystic River).

Di Caprio stars as US Marshall Teddy Daniels who's sent to a mental asylum on Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of an inmate who is believed to still be somewhere on the island.

However, along with his partner Chuck (Mark Ruffalo), he finds his investigation blocked at every turn by the doctors in charge of the facility (chiefly Ben Kingsley's Dr Cawley).

As the pair find themselves stranded on the island by a storm, Teddy starts to suffer from flashbacks to the murder of his wife (Michelle Williams) and unsure of exactly who to trust.

Shutter Island is a heady mix of spooky, creepy and generally unsettling images, it's a real masterclass in film making. It also looks wonderful on Blu Ray and is really quite disturbing.

Once again Martin Scorsese's created a cinematic experience which is full of his trademark camera work and vision which builds a claustrophobic world where you're never quite sure what's going on.
Along with a great use of soundtrack and silence, the overall atmosphere is one of menace and uncertainty.

Sure, you may work out what's going on but you won't understand all of it until the end - and then you may be a little creeped out.

Extras: Behind the shutters and into the Lighthouse featurettes - not much given the wealth of talent involved in this project.

Rating: 8/10