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
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