Ridiculous Premise, Excellent Execution

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2011)

*********IMMEDIATE SPOILERS********* The idea behind this movie, that they'd let a highly trained and potentially violently insane man loose on an island and purposely lead him to believe that his insanity is true in order to some how cure him, is ridiculous. They're putting their lives in danger, the orderly's lives in danger, and the other patients in danger. On top of that, behaving in ways that encourage the patient's idea that he's uncovering some kind of conspiracy does only that, encourage his insane way of thinking, not correct it.
Regardless, the film is a fun and entertaining ride. Visually it's quite stimulating, the acting is excellent, and the story provides a nice combination of action, thought, and mystery. If you're willing to suspend your disbelief, the film does a great job of causing you to buy in to it and thus make you live vicariously through the film as the madman trying to figure out what reality is.