Director Martin Scorsese brings together intrigue and mystery with his latest accomplishment Shutter Island. Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic, 1997) stars as Teddy Daniels in this U.S. Marshal drama, set in 1954. Daniels, a U.S. Marshall who lost his wife to a suspicious fire, goes to visit Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital, home to the worst of the worst criminally insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient by the name of Rachel Solando.Daniels is accompanied by new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo, Where the Wild Things Are, 2009). Just when Teddy believes he has everything figured out, he begins to doubt reality. Is his partner part of a coverup? Where is Rachel? Why are the doctors and the facilitators not willing to help in his investigation? What is the “rule of 4′?

Determined to break the loud silence that is cast upon Shutter Island, Teddy Daniels searches for answers. The Island is shut off from the main land by a hurricane. Just when things couldn’t get any worse, Teddy believes the lighthouse may hold the clues. Where is Rachel Solando? Why is Teddy the only one hot on her trail?

A definite must see for any cop drama enthusiast. It brings to light the 50’s era in a turn of the century twist. 5 stars.