Inception Review

Inception is Out Now
Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Dileep Rao

Taking my seat at the screening, I had high hopes for Inception; this film promised to be action-packed, mind-bending and unlike anything we've ever seen before; the premise for this film is the idea that ideas can be stolen from the subconscious through dreams andnsome people have mastered the art of theft (extraction) by dream-sharing. Director Chistopher Nolan of Dark Knight and Memento has taken this one step further by saying "if we can steal ideas, why can't we plant ideas?" Cue an Ocean's Eleven-esque heist that takes place within the mind.

The story focuses on Dominic Cobb (played brilliantly by Leonardo DiCaprio), a troubled man with a troubled past, and his team of extractors, Arthur (Gordon-Levitt), Ariadne (Page) and Eames (Hardy), who are hired by Ken Watanabe to plant an idea into the mind of the heir to a rival company to dissolve that company. The whole process becomes very complicated, in one of these rare spectacles which requires your complete attention. By showing us the dreams of the characters, we're seeing into the mind of Nolan, the man who created this original story.

If I can say anything about Inception, it's that it's unforgettable; it stays with you as you leave the cinema and its one of those film that, when you're watching it you look forward to watching it again. It lives up to the all the hype and it certainly cements Christopher Nolan's position as Hollywood's most exciting director.