The metaphysics of plot twist is back!

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2008)

I think all that discussion about this film's greatness or lack thereof is irrelevant. Nolan has proved that he is a true original, and the question is: has he directed a truly Nolan film? Somewhere in the middle of the film I was worried that he had failed... How could I lose my faith? Then a major plot twist occurs, then another and I realize that the Nolan team is in excellent shape. I had overlooked the clever preparation of the plot twists: once they happen, the exposition of Nolan themes soon follows, enforced by the testosterone of a very exciting action film, and his themes are identity, ethics and the actions that define us. And a great metalinguistic sub-theme, a Nolan's favorite: the philosophy of plot twist, of the tightly woven screenplay, of plots within plots within plots... plots and counter-plots that escalate in the wit matching between extraordinary adversaries, between mind titans, and eventually between good and evil themselves. If evil has no self-imposed limitations, and good by definition does... how could good prevail? You can find some answers in this film... and some of them are really dark.