A frightening mystery

Rating: 9/10 (2 March 2013)

Crime thriller films don't come much better than this. Shutter Island has great actors, a spooky atmosphere and a story that starts intriguing and develops into a sprawling masterpiece. The film deals with an investigation of a criminal asylum where one patient has inexplicably gone missing.
Leonardo DiCaprio is a tough cop with a past as a soldier in the Allied forces and traumatizing memories of the Nazi crimes they saw. Ben Kingsley is the chief of the institution who seems to be holding something back. Mark Ruffalo is DiCaprio's steadfast partner and Michelle Williams DiCaprio's loving wife.
The film works better on the second viewing and has a great emotional impact. When the complex story has completely unfolded it reveals a hauntingly moving film.