Shutter Island

While I'm not ready to say that Leonardo DiCaprio is the best male actor of his generation, it is becoming obvious at least to me that each year he is offered some of the most choice pictures in Hollywood. 2010 is no exception for DiCaprio, although Shutter Island was originally scheduled to be released in 2009 before being pushed forward to its current year.

The film follows U.S. Marshal Edward Daniels, as he and new partner Chuck Aule arrive at the Ashecliff Hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island. They are there, Daniels believes, to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando, a patient who has unexplainably vanished.

Then the film takes several turns into the unexpected and the bizarre. Is Rachel really missing? Does she really exist? Why is Daniels really at Shutter Island? Is he even who he thinks he is? These questions and their answers are mused over and hinted at throughout the film and will have viewers wondering even after the credits role what the truth really is. This is not Martin Scorsese's best film, but this psychological thriller is ground he hasn't covered quite in this way before. In any case, this movie still stacks up as a noteworthy film and one I dare you not to see more than once. This is good stuff.