Mind-blowing complex thriller

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2011)

There really isn't much to say about Inception that hasn't been said already. By now, its very well known and considered a really great piece of art (to many a masterpiece). Inception is a very well written, yet confusing action-thriller concerning reality and dreams. Before watching the film, I had some high expectations but also some rather lower expectations. I've read many positive reviews, and negative reviews, so I finally decided to watch the film. And I was very please and my expectations were met.
In detail, director Christopher Nolan throws a perfect storm of stunts, effects, locations and actors at one big idea: that it's possible to pilfer ideas from dreams by a process called 'extraction', which involves hooking yourself up to a drip, falling asleep and entering the world of the subconscious. The holy grail of this process is to reverse it, which is 'inception', the planting of a new idea in another's mind. That's the trick that experts Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Arthur (Joseph Gordon Levitt), aided by new recruits Ariadne (Ellen Page) and Eames (Tom Hardy), try to pull off while hopping from Tokyo to Paris to Mombasa. They're working for Saito (Ken Watanabe) in pursuit of business magnate Robert (Cillian Murphy), and their motives vary, from financial to intellectual. But DiCaprio has another driver: the memory of his wife Mal (Marion Cottilard) is haunting him and it's going to take a lot of psychological spring-cleaning for him to reconnect with that lost world. Overall, Inception is a very well made thriller and should please many for different various reasons. If you haven't already seen Inception, I highly suggest watching it (on DVD or online- letmewatchthis.com) You wont be disappointed. ==================================================================== ====== After a rewatch (03/03/17') Inception remains one of the better and all time great sci-fi thrillers within this decade. Nothing more can be said that hasn't already. From the beginning of the film, we are seeing as to what a great film represents. The writing is complex and great at the same time, making the film understandable yet difficult to understand at certain points. Inception has lived up to the hype since its release and remains one of the cornerstones of modern cinema.