"We haven't heard the truth since we got here"

Rating: 7/10 (6 October 2015)

DiCaprio is a Federal Marshall who, along with his new partner, is sent to Shutter Island, home of a mental institution for the criminally insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a locked room the night before, as a hurricane bears down on the small island. When they get there, however, they find the staff of doctors to be uncooperative. It is also revealed that DiCaprio's character is looking for someone there: the arsonist who set the fire that killed his wife.
Creepy images in the asylum, and the rain-battered island,,, claustrophobia sink in, and paranoia, as we are repeatedly told conflicting stories from hospital staff, and patients, and film really works well at moments- but it over does it with some over-stylised lighting, and needlessly long run time.
The book had a chilling scene with Billings playing Tag with DiCaprio's character, which the film gets all wrong, and turns the scene into a generic jump scare.
WhÃ t it gets perfectly done is its final line, which completely changes the meaning of the climactic scene. Has DiCaprio's character relapsed, or could he not live with himself, after finally accepting what he had done?
The trio of leads, (DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley) are exceptional, and there's a good cameo by Ted (Buffalo Bill) Levine.