In 1954 Teddy Daniels, a U.S. Federal Marshal and his partner are assigned to investigate a disappearance on a remote island off the coast of Boston. Known as Shutter Island, the cliff enclosed island houses a hospital for the criminally insane. Vying for some time to get on the island for personal reasons, Teddy Daniels intends to prove his suspicions, that the doctors on the island are performing illegal and horrific treatments on patients.
