Shutter Island

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Laeta Kalogridis, based on Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel of the same name. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels, who is investigating a psychiatric facility on Shutter Island after one of the patients goes missing. The film premiered at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival as part of the competition screening on February 13, 2010 and was released on February 19, 2010 in the United States.

Plot
The implausible escape of a brilliant murderess brings U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) to Ashecliffe Hospital, a fortress-like insane asylum located on a remote, windswept island. The woman appears to have vanished from a locked room, and there are hints of terrible deeds committed within the hospital walls. As the investigation deepens, Teddy realizes he will have to confront his own dark fears if he hopes to make it off the island alive.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It is one of the greatest films of Martin Scorsese's directing films alongside Taxi Driver, The Departed, Goodfellas and The Wolf of Wall Street, which were all released around the same time.
 * 2) Leonardo DiCaprio did a excellent job for doing performance as Edward "Teddy" Daniels.
 * 3) The soundtrack used classical music, such as Gustav Mahler, as well as modern classical music by composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki, György Ligeti, John Cage, Ingram Marshall, and Max Richter.
 * 4) It has a moral about better to accept your guilt rather to live your life with a fake reality.
 * 5) Many memorable lines, such as "Which Would Be Worse: To Live As A Monster, Or To Die As A Good Man?"
 * 6) Aside of Leonardo DiCaprio, the acting is great, like for Mark Ruffalo as Chuck Aule, Teddy's partner.
 * 7) The plot twist at the end is exciting as it turns out that Edward Daniels is indeed Andrew Laeddis, the 67th patient at Achecliffe who has been under treatment there for two years.

Reception
Shutter Island was well-received. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 68% based on 259 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "It may not rank with Scorsese's best work, but Shutter Island's gleefully unapologetic genre thrills represent the director at his most unrestrained.". On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average "C+" grade, on an A+ to F scale.