Nice thriller, with some flaws.

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2010)

I love the combination Scorcese and DiCaprio. It's like Depp and Burton; somehow it's a magical combination. They put together a brilliant thriller at the first sight. Two cops go to an island to investigate a break-out.
As the story continues with riddles of which you know you'll get the clue somewhere at the end of the movie, you already know Kingsley is behind the whole thing. There is something about Kingsley you know as a viewer you can't trust.
The SS past of DiCaprio is almost well done. I like the fact Scorcese made this aspect a part of the movie, even with Kingsley in it who made his movie about Anne Frank's history. But when there is a line up and people are getting shot, they are shot all together at the same time but they drop on the floor at the time the camera is shooting them.
The movie is exciting until the end. The end, where the plot drastically and originally changes, is wonderful. But then I got the feeling this movie had some flavor of the movie "a beautiful mind". As sudden this uniqueness changed into unoriginal.
The very last ending of the movie was not happy, but very suitable.