Seen it a thousand times before

Rating: 2/10 (21 February 2010)

First off, let me say that Shutter Island isn't REALLY a 2/10 film. It's better than that. The performances are outstanding, and the plot actually makes sense, which is more than most psychological thrillers can say these days.
The reason I can't stand it is because there is absolutely not a single thing done in the film that I haven't seen a thousand times. There is zero innovation, zero creativity.
The "twist ending" was so foreseeable that I almost left before the movie was over just because I was bored. It was the exact same "surprise" as in almost every other movie involving an insane asylum.
The plot and dialogue were just so mundane that I couldn't take it.
For me, what drives a movie are unique characters who say and do unique things: Willy Wonka, the Joker, Han Solo, Captain Sparrow, Hannibal Lecter....this movie had none of that.
Just plain people with a plain twist.