The hype machine strikes again...

Rating: 1/10 (5 May 2012)

This movie has some great special effects. The acting is pretty decent. That is about all I can say to its credit. Inception is a textbook example of the Hollywood hype machine in full effect.
The much-vaunted plot is interesting but derivative, failing to live up to its 'mind-bending' reputation. You would be much better off watching a film like Videodrome or the animated film Mindgame if you want to truly be thrown sideways. This one is about as deep as Total Recall, but takes itself about ten times as seriously.
I gave this a one merely as a corrective to the ridiculously high score that only a team of studio clerks working round the clock could have pushed to such a level. All in all it is a quite enjoyable film. I would watch it on TV if there was not much else on. But that is as far as it goes. There, now you are fully inoculated against the hype, go fourth and watch or not, free from utopian delusions.