Scorsese's "Shutter Island"

As the undisputed heavyweight king of cinema, Martin Scorsese, is known to deliver knock-outs every time he steps into the ring. His upcoming film starring Leonardo Decaprio and Sir Ben Kingsley titled “Shutter Island” looks to be another bout of Scorsese fluid finesse combined with his signature hooks of brutality.
This time Scorsese has stepped into the ring with the snarled glare of a hybrid beast, one like he’s never domesticated before; a composite of gothic and contorted sediments incubating beneath the screenplay, making the mental state and intentions of Charles Manson look like the storyline for a children’s novel. The film showcases a mulched blend of several genres: art house, “B” horror and detective novels, the combination of which should be a sure thriller for those in search of a merciless mind warping experience.
Set in 1954, the screenplay tells the dark tale of two Federal Marshalls sent to Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the escape of a patient who is suspected to be somewhere on the island in a makeshift safe haven. Agent Teddy Daniels, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is a rising star in the world of law enforcement, who quickly begins to question the inclinations behind his investigation, the behavioral conduct of the Ashecliffe’s employees and the cult- like behavior of the mental ward’s inhabitants. Everyone who has the misfortune of populating the island shares a deep disconnect from mainstream society along with a strong gravitation towards a world full of wicked and cruel secrets that seem too painful to emit or combat.
Sir Ben Kingsley stars as the island’s head psychiatrist, Dr. Cawley, an apparent Frankenstein of sinister and twisted behavior, who treats the patients more as his personal lab rats than terminally ill human beings. As Agent Daniels further discerns the true intent and protocol of the criminal sanctuary, he begins to unravel an enigma pertaining to everything, even his own sanity and well being.
Based off commentary from a recent press conference, one can safely assume that this flick was as perplexing to those making the film as it will be to the viewers. In what Leonardo DiCaprio describes as his most intensely emotional filming process ever, he stated that there was “a certain realism, and a certain understanding that we all had about one another that I didn’t…I could never have foreseen.”
With a script that even the actors didn’t know the full potential of until it had abducted their emotions, “Shutter Island” looks as if it will be yet another Scorsese masterpiece, pushing the limits of its actors’ capabilties along with the audience’s comprehension of reality.