Shutter Island

TITLE: SHUTTER ISLAND

RELEASED: 5TH MARCH (US) & 15TH APRIL
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TAGLINE: NONE

SYNOPSIS:

'Shutter Island' was set in 1954, where US Marshall Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) were assigned to investigate a mysterious murder - said to have connection to a patient who escaped from a highly surveillance hospital for the criminally insane and has been hiding on a remote island called Shutter Island.

During the process of his investigation, more and more mysterious things began to surfaced resulting him to investigate further knowing it might cost his own life or even more paranoid.

To understand the situation even more, he himself set sail to the island itself where he found out that there are more than meets the eye. The mental hospital was said to reside 66 patients, but someone or something told him that there is a mysterious and unknown patient, 'the 67th'. But the doctors strongly claimed that the attendance is still 66 - no more or less and most of them grew suspicious towards Teddy, he might be suffering from past painful memories and illusional..... Is he the one who the stranger claimed - 'the 67th'?

MY REVIEW AFTER WATCHING:

Watching the cinema preview really does boost your interest in wanting to watch 'Shutter Island' even more but watching the movie itself tells the story a bit different. Honestly, I am not saying that the movie is a dull and boring not worth watching - it is interesting to watch actually only that the storyline progressing way too slow!

Maybe it is just the way how Martin Scorsese style of direction, I guess. The beginning was fine and slowly progressing, letting us wait for the best part. He (Martin Scorsese) can be quite a spoiler sometimes because he just drag a scene quite long enough to keep us waiting and waiting and waiting until we are sick of waiting or just simply go to the toilet for a break and come back and hey guess what? The best part has yet to come!

Anyway, the best part of it - is only towards the end. Where all answers are being answered and you yourself might be shocked to find out the truth about the climax (watch yourself! I won't tell) and Leonardo does collaborate well and much better since his last encounter with Martin in 'The Departed' (Hollywood version of Hong Kong's hit 'The Internal Affair")

PROS:

• Suspense and mysteries that keeps you glued on your seat
• Mad men, paranoids and illusions
• Very very dark and deep storyline

CONS:

• Wait too darn long through all the suspense and waiting.... It's a pain!
• Conversations, long dialogue, over dragged scene with even much more dialogues!!!!
• Deep storyline means you have to think whose responsible in the scene (didn't watching movies suppose to be a relaxing activities???)

RATINGS:

Suspense and scary is cool but too overload can be boring and pain, I am neither love nor hate this movie but I can admit I enjoy the movie a bit - not much. Just that I hate sitting in a cinema listening to long talks and stuff or I'll just doze off and irritate other people in the theatre. Maybe I just don't understand the great Martin Scorsese way and philosophy of making this movie and who knows, you might enjoy this movie more than I do.....

3.5/5 stars for great suspense and scare but way too long to wait for the best part to come.....