Shutter Island

In the weeks leading to Shutter Island's release, I found myself strangely disenchanted with the prospect of watching it. This was, after all, Martin Scorsese, directing something written by someone else, and effectively making a horror film - something that the master purveyor of the human condition need not resort to, I thought. Goes to show how much I know.

Shutter Island is a magnificent piece of cinematic achievement. It's gorgeous, enthralling, moody and completely rewarding. Scorsese frees himself of the shackles of adding subtext to his plot, and instead takes this opportuni....