Disappointing ending

Rating: 4/10 (21 February 2017)

So, I watched this, despite not being that fond of thrillers, way back when it was released... and I liked it at first, the atmosphere was amazing, the visuals stunning, and the plot became more and more complex as we learned not everything is what it seems with the island, hinting at experimentation and conspiracies. And then comes the last 10 or so minutes of the movie, revealing basically everything was in our main character's head. Seriously, I kept hoping this was just a final "maybe it isn't!" twist and there would be another one, like in the Lazarus Project, but nope. It was disappointing. The conspiracy story was far, far more interesting than the real ending about a run-of-the-mill "dead wife and kid" past of the protagonist. Maybe I am spoiled with having thrillers with interesting twists, or because I prefer the strange to the mundane, but ending it all on Ben Kingsley shaking his head and saying the treatment was not a success was one of my biggest annoyances that year.