A Brilliant Fusion and Break Through in Dream Sci Fi Genre

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2019)

23 July 2010. "Take Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic (1995), The Matrix (1999), and The Scanner Darkly (2006) with some dream elements of Constantine (2005), and Jennifer Lopez in The Cell (2000), and Dennis Quaid in Dreamscape (1984), Emilio Estevez in Freejack (1992) and take the emotional intensity of a timebomb and the ripping nature of a marital knife and the action thrills and musical cords of Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity (2002) and one might get some hint of this finely complex and taut sci fi action thriller. Inception (2010) is to dream sci fi fantasy as to what Brain Storm (1983) is to dream sci fi reality, Natalie Wood's last movie and her tragic death during the movie. What's real and what's not real, what's desired and regretting, themes of guilt and acceptance are all wrapped up in this dream within a dream that is taken to the power cubed. While there are a few logical incongruities and editing weaknesses, one of the most prolonged are they going to survive experiences in movie history on this roller coaster ride more than washes over any perceived problems with this movie. How many times did Director Christopher Nolan have to shoot the final scene would be one of the more intriguing questions of the movie. It's not so much that the visual effects are spectacular, but that they are used in a way that enhances the movie and visually are different enough to make an indelible impression. Ellen Page stands out as a distinctly difference character from her role in Juno (2007) and Marion Cotillard demonstrates where Oscar winning talents from La vie in rose (2007), especially her facial emotional expression at the beginning of the movie that stings with its power. One of the most powerful and distinctive movies of 2010."