Original and deliciously complicated

Rating: 9/10 (17 July 2010)

Inception is a science fiction action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio in a lead role.
The film is about Dom Cobb(Di Caprio), a thief who has the power to enter into the dreams of others by thrusting himself into the subconscious of his targets, thus obtaining information that otherwise impossible to access. However, when an enemy(Saito) predicts Cobb's every move, Cobb and his team of specialists are forced to plant an idea in a target's subconscious. The title INCEPTION refers to planting an idea rather than stealing one.
Much of the film's first part is spent illustrating how Dom's job works: how he extracts dreams and ideas from people's heads, and what exactly the process involves. You're introduced to the concept of multiple levels and layers within the subconscious.
The team's target for inception is Robert Fischer Jr. (Cillian Murphy), son of Saito's late corporate rival Maurice Fischer (Pete Postlethwaite). The idea is a complex emotional suggestion that will ultimately lead Fischer to disband his father's empire. To achieve their goal, Cobb's team will have to pass down through several levels, each a dream within the last. Time slows down with each level, so that five minutes of real time would appear as an hour in the first dream, which feels like 10 hours in the next level, and so on.
The team boards a Boeing 747 transporting Fischer, drug him without his knowledge, and enter into a dream with him. They have help from Yusuf (Dileep Rao), the chemist who developed the compounds specific to the multi-level dream state they are attempting.
Everyone wakes up successively through all the levels of dream, alive and well. As per his deal with the powerful Saito, Cobb is given leeway to re-enter the United States, and is reunited with his children. The final shot shows his totem, spinning but beginning to wobble. The scene then cuts to black.
As the leader of the pack, the protagonist of this drama, Leonardo DiCaprio is first-rate. He brings genuine emotion to the scenes in which we see Cobb overwhelmed with love for his wife and children, and he is every bit as convincing in his action star avatar.Hans Zimmer's background score is electrifying.
I am going with 10 out of 10 for Chris Nolan's Inception. As It's the most original film I've seen in long time. Amazing writing and storytelling, leaves you exhausted, but in an amazing way.
How about this, grab your tickets, this time not with popcorn and Pepsi, but with Marijuana, and INCEPTION is your trance music.