A truly sensational film

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2020)

A truly sensational film. I hadn't rewatched this for years and almost forgot how outstanding it is.
First of all, what a cast 'Inception' has. Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard and (albeit minor) Michael Caine. Tremendous performances from all of them.
DiCaprio is always a great watch, he kills it in this production - the perfect person to play Cobb. Gordon-Levitt and Page are excellent here, despite being the two I'd (wrongly) assume would be the weaker performers. Hardy and Murphy are the opposite, I expected top level and they certainly gave it.
Everything about this is astoundingly good. Christopher Nolan & Co. get it so, so right. The film is such a smooth ride in terms of following the premise, in spite of the roller coaster ride you experience seeing it play out. The ending is fantastic too, many films on this scale mess up the conclusion but they don't.
If all that isn't enough, they even got Hans Zimmer to score the damn thing. Icing on the cake.