Boxoffice Reviews: Shutter Island
The usually brilliant Martin Scorsese takes a turn to directing a psychological horror film. Two United States Marshals travel to an island off the east coast of the United States that reminded me of a cross between Alcatraz and an asylum. The film is very moody and the plot is twisty and supremely melodramatic, though few of the twists seem like new ideas. Real fans of the genre might be forgiven if they claim to have seen this before, but seldom seen in such masterful hands. Laeta Kalogridis wrote the screenplay based on a novel by Dennis Lehane.
The story goes something like this: A crazy lady has gone missing from a supposedly inescapable medical facility, and it falls to U.S. marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) to treck to the outrageously creepy Shutter Island and figure out what’s going on. To tell you more would be to ruin this movie, but let’s just say things get creepy quickly so you might be at the edge of your seat more than once.
This is not the reinvention of the psychological thriller, but I do know the film is clear evidence of Martin Scorsese a true master filmmaker this time around having real fun with a classic genre. Add to that the excellent acting from DiCaprio and the whole cast and you get a smart, sharp, and classy chiller, Shutter Island is top notch entertainment.
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Publisher-Creator Mikhail Saavedra began life down by the deepest tip of southern Latin America. He started life with a deep curiosity for all things, with music and books being at the forefront, a curious child by all accounts. As he grew and opened his eyes to the world, he developed a sense of justice and dignity in part as a reaction to growing up in a military dictatorship. Alas, this did not fill him with fear or cynicism but a more rebellious spirit, which led him to being incredibly popular at the principal’s office and the local riot police department….
Then came Canada and it was here that he was able to formulate his deep desire to learn about the world, with Toronto being the kind of multicultural soup that could engage his need to know and embrace. It started with writing, then moved on to what became Toronto’s first Latin Alternative radio show, followed by an all-English show in the same vein. It was this desire to find the true “crossover” among people, which led him to the concept of “Alternavox”
He is a lover of wine, good food, Neruda, Eduardo Galeano, rebel music, revolutionaries, dancing, family and beautiful people. Believes that kindness in this much too cynical world is revolutionary, that you are a better person when able to give a little without asking for the change and that on the same token you should laugh at yourself and the madness surrounding you as often as possible as you set out to change the world bit by bit. 