Inception (15) Dir: Christopher Nolan. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphey, Marion Cotillard.
Score: Hans Zimmer.
Imagine you can get inside other peoples dreams. Now imagine that you make a career out of going into peoples dreams to steal their ideas: extraction. You're the best at what you do, and then one day you get a job offer to do the exact opposite. You need to implant an idea instead of stealing one: Inception.
The film tracks Cobb (DiCaprio), an extracter who, wanted by the authorities in America and numero uno on an energy conglomerate's hitlist, is hired by company owner Saito (Watanabe) to try and implant an idea in business competitor Fischer's (Murphy) head, with the promise of a clean slate and returning to his children.
To do this he needs Ariadne (Page), a talented architect to create a number of dream levels that they all must navigate in order to implant the idea deep in Fischer's head to ensure he carries it out.
The only thing standing in their way is a highly militarized subconscious trying to kill them, and Cobb's dead wife (Cotillard), created by his subconscious to jeopordize everything he does.
This film is a brilliantly clever and emotive offering by Nolan, following his highly rated Batman Begins, and Dark Knight. Including one of DiCaprio's best performances, this will leave viewers wondering partly 'will the top stop spinning' and 'I hope that the top stops spinning.
One of the best films of the year by far, I highly recommend this to everyone.
Good review
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