It's a good film but not great!

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2010)

The whole concept of Inception is about planting ideas in the subconscious of another's mind. Christopher Nolan wrote, directed, and produced this film which has an impressive array of special effects, sequences, and issues about time. What is five minutes of dreaming can be an hour in the dream-state? Whatever it is, the cast is quite brilliant. Poor Sir Michael Caine who is not used enough along with Peter Postlethwaite OBE who is on for just as much. They are both great actors. The cast includes Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Leavitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanbe, Marion Cotillard, and Cillian Murphy. The cast is first rate as well as the special and visual effects. There is a lot going on here and I was disappointed to learn Fischer's secret but I won't spoil it for you. The plot is more corporate espionage. Anyway, everybody in the dream game is hooked up by wires to the same machine of some kind. It reminded me of the film, Coma, where their bodies were suspended in the air. That was scary enough. I think the mind is an untouched part and not used enough but I wouldn't mess with it like this because there is always the trouble that you can't get back to reality which may not be so bad after all.