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
