Shutter island
For the criminally insane...
'Do you know what fear does to the mind? Corrodes it.'
The film opens in 1954; we are then introduced to the main character Teddy
Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio). He was a World War II veteran and is currently federal
marshal accompanied by his new partner, Chuck (Mark Ruffalo) . The two
characters are introduced to the audience as they are traveling on a ferry to
Shutter Island. Shutter island is unknown to the audience before the arrivals of the two characters. The audience are then made aware that it is in-fact a water-bound mental hospital housing and imprisoning the criminally insane. The
film is set in 1954 in a mental asylum, isolated and unknown to the rest of the
world. Invisible. The brave and heroic U.S Marshal; the apparent protagonist of
the film is introduced to the audience as a justified, moralled, intelligent
and sane man, assigned to fulfill order to the asylum by figuring out, finding
and returning escapee murderess, Sarah to the grasp of Dr. Cawley and the rest of the corrupt employment team. However, as the thrilling and suspense
fuelled events unfold leading the audience to question their knowledge of the U.S
Marshal Teddy Daniels. The murderess; She is thought of to be hiding
near by. They have been asked to investigate the disappearance of Rachel
Solando (Emily Mortimer), a patient admitted to the asylum after she murdered
her three children. As Teddy quizzes Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley), the head of the
institution, he begins to suspect that the authorities in charge might not be
giving him the whole truth, and that a terrible fate may befall all the
patients in the mysterious and questionable Ward C -- a unit devoted to the most heinous of the
hospital's inmates.The relentless enigma codes that continuously occur draw the audience in further. Complicating matters
further, Teddy is seeking the arsonist who murdered his
wife is incarcerated on Shutter Island. He is driven to confront his wife's
killer. Adding to the reoccuring enigma codes, Teddy has a secret of his own
-- he is infact a murderer whom had murdered his wife in coldbood after discovering she had infact murdered their two kids.. This is the explosive climax that answers all enigma codes revolving around the plot and narrative. Teddy is infact a patient inhabiting on shutter island due to his psychological state of mind due to the trauma of his past.He is incarcerated on Shutter Island. The narrative exaggerates how Teddy is driven
to confront his wife's killer, as he is also stranded on the island because of a
hurricane. Teddy must unravel the secrets of the eerie place before succumbing
to his own madness.
Throughout the duration of the film we are also introduced to elements
of his past by seeing realistic flashbacks of his wife and children. However,
the audience are oblivious to the fact that they are his children, as the past
that the audience are aware of... is infact a lie. An illusion created by the
protagonist that he had convinced himself was true. Psychologically created in
his mind to hide his dark and haunted past.
Shutter island is a complex, twisted, dark and psychological
thriller, purposely mean't to draw your conscious into the mystery of the
purpose of the asylum and the missing murderess and send all your senses into
chaos.
The film is fuelled by intensity and suspense, purposely
making the audience experience a mixture of toxic nerves and emotions. The
protagonist had geniusly devised a plan throughout the story, however his
genuis was infact insanity. The film is classified as psychological thriller
due to his constructive mastermind contrasted with his insanity due to the
trama of his past.
Trailer:
'Director Martin Scorsese's finest work of his career is
evident in shutter island.'heir protagonist and his actions and intentions.'
'Shutter island is intense, gripping,
dark, twisted and simply unforgettable.'
Director: Martin Scorsese
Year of release: 2010
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