It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.
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Wow. I don't think I can ask for a better movie to watch on the big screen. The movie left me just sitting in awe from the first second it came on. Every scene in the movie came together and left no loose ends. The biggest plus for me was the script provided for these 5 star actors to work with. By the time half the movie is over, I usually guess the twist, but in this one my jaw was on the floor and me beating my head saying "HOW DID I NOT GUESS THIS?" After the mishap with "The Box" I was timid on seeing any psychological thrillers for the next 5 years, but this has renewed my interest in movies.
