Didn't like the twist

Rating: 6/10 (20 June 2014)

It's 1954. U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) investigates the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane. His new partner is Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo). His wife Dolores (Michelle Williams) was killed by arsonist Andrew Laeddis. The agents are forced to give up their firearms. Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley) is in charge. Rachel Solando is the patient who has disappeared. Her primary doctor Dr. Sheehan left on vacation. Teddy is haunted by vision of the liberation of Dachau. Dr. Naehring (Max von Sydow) refuses to hand over any of the files and a frustrated Teddy vows to leave the next morning.
Director Martin Scorsese maximizes the moody atmosphere with the creepy grand Gothic setting and the encompassing storm. The cast is amazing. It's a great stylish noir at the start. It's dark. It's creepy. It has a very weird vibe. There is a twist and it's very unsatisfying. I was buying into the movie but it pulls the rug from under me. It feels like the writer cheated and breaks any connection from the first half. I won't even comment on any believability or reasonableness of the twist. It was well on its way to a great movie. It's a small disappointment of what could have been.