This is a suspense movie that could be considered a psychological thriller, the script written by Laeta Kalogridis and Steven Knight is based on the book of the same name by author Dennis Lehane published in 2003.
It was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Leonardo DiCaprio, who came from several important successes such as Titanic and The Aviator, to mention just two, the latter of which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
The plot revolves around two federal agents (Edward "Teddy" Daniels, played by DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule, played by Mark Ruffalo, who are sent to an island where a prison and psychiatric hospital called Ashecliffe is located off the coast of Boston in 1954.
Their mission is to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando, a patient who apparently evaporated mysteriously from a locked room.
Two psychiatrists named John Cawley and Jeremiah Naehring are in charge of the place and experiment on the patients, something they discover when they get there.
Edward participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and had lost his wife and fallen into alcoholism, so his emotional stability was compromised and what they see there reminds him of that past.
The film has unexpected twists, shocking scenes and professional dialogues about mental disorders that keep the viewer attentive to the next scenes.
The photography of the locations is good and captures the beauty of an island with special characteristics, this was in charge of Robert Richardson, nominated at that time to 5 Oscars in the line and winner in 1992 for the film JFK and in 2005 for The aviator, where coincidentally the protagonist was Di Caprio.
It was released in January 2010 and the critical opinion was good, highlighting the script and the twists of the same, as well as other details that project it as disturbing, the box office collection has been close to 295 million dollars and is in the 68th place in the FA ranking. Among the best thrillers in the history of cinema and ranked 78th among the Best films of the 21st century.
It is an interesting choice with an unexpected ending.
