I have a dream

Rating: 8/10 (17 July 2010)

So far, Christopher Nolan has not disappointed me as a director, and "Inception" is another good one. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, who has the technology to enter people's dreams to obtain secret information. The climax comes when Cobb and his cohorts enter the dream of an executive, going deeper and deeper into his subconscious.
Despite the high action, "Inception" is not really an action movie, but more of a psychological thriller. The movie has a slightly nonlinear plot, similar to "Memento" and "The Prestige". This helps to stress the dreamlike state that the movie depicts. If in fact the movie has any problem, it's that it's sometimes hard to tell when the characters are dreaming and when it's real life. But on the other hand, this also shows how smoothly Nolan lets the story flow. Watching the movie, I came to realize things about my own dreams that I had never previously thought about. The apparent descent into insanity and links to Cobb's past bring to mind "Insomnia".
Much like how Nolan put a new spin on the Batman franchise, "Inception" takes psychological thrillers to the next step. It even goes beyond "The Matrix". All in all, I certainly recommend it.
Also starring Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger and Michael Caine (who has so far starred in every one of Nolan's movies since "Batman Begins").