Shutter Island: Review

"I was wondering Chuck, which is worse? To live as a monster or to die like a good man?" Martin Scorsese never fails to impress even with his chilling new thriller. Known for blockbusters like The Departed, Scorsese ventures into the thriller section with his favourite man, Leonardo DiCaprio.
The story is of Edward aka Teddy Daniels who is a U.S Marshal and is called in for investigating the escape of a female inmate from the highly secure penitentiary for the criminally insane, Shutter Island along with his partner Chuck. They soon discover that everything is not what it seems to be while Daniels is continuously haunted by the horrors of his murky past when he investigates on the island. The story rattles ahead with leisurely pace as Daniels is on the verge of uncovering an unsettling government operation being run behind the closed walls of Shutter Island. Then, everything goes topsy turvy.
Shutter Island is a gripping, enthralling piece of cinema by the master storyteller Scorsese which in addition to living up to its genre also delivers some food for thought. Brilliantly cinematographed, splendidly acted and unbelievably unpredictable (not for those who are careful scrutinizers of thrillers), Shutter Island scores on all fronts.
I would have been a bit more happy if the running time was a tad bit shorter and also the unnervingly long climax. But in the end as they say all is well that ends well.