A new trailer has dropped for Martin Scorsese’s b-movie thriller, “Shutter Island.” Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane (who seems to be emerging as this generation’s John Grisham – with much better results), the story follows U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) as he investigates the disappearance of a murderer from the Alcatraz-like hospital for the criminally insane.
While the first trailer only hinted at some of the more supernatural elements of the plot, the new trailer ups the ante, providing lots of second half hints of dream/fantasy sequences and creepy murderous inmate shots. What this trailer curiously excludes is the whole angle that the hospital staff is hiding a patient from the police. Was that a major spoiler? Is not really that important to the plot? Or is Paramount’s marketing team just going for an easier sell by making it look like a Leonardo DiCaprio-trapped-in-a-crazy-house film instead? We’ll have to wait a few more months to find out.
The film opens on February 10th after being bumped from its original October release, much to the surprising anger of quote-whore Peter Travers, who kind of blew a gasket over it. We don’t think it’s too much of a big deal, as it appears “Shutter Island,” no matter how good the early buzz is, doesn’t look like it was ever a serious awards contender.