An intricate, elaborate and elongated sci-fi actioneer, Inception intertwines character development and stunning action sequences to give the best action film in years.
The film’s protagonist is Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), who, with his sidekick Arthur, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is a professional extractor—he can enter the minds of other peoples during their dreams to extract valuable information for his clients. However, Cobb is haunted by the death of his wife, Mal (Marion Cottilard), who appears as a projection in his dreams and attempts to sabotage his work.
Unable to see his kids because he’s been blamed for his wife’s murder, Cobb’s a hiding fugitive, but is hired for one last mission that could solve anything: performing an inception, where you enter the mind of a person during their dream to implant an idea rather than taking out one. He’s not sure if he can trust his client, Saito (Ken Watanabe), but he takes the risks and assembles a few old friends to pull off the perfect heist.
Christopher Nolan, the director, had been working on the story since 2001. After gaining his reputation as a notable director by completing Insomnia, Memento, Batman Begins, the Prestige and the Dark Knight, Nolan lets his sci-fi action movie, where anything can happen but in a sensible manner, to the big screen.
In the tradition of the Matrix, Inception is a few cuts above your average action flick, in that it keeps the story with its characters rather than the action scenes.
Nolan is known for using a lot of the same actors in many of his films, and he does the same here. This way, he knows his actors and they know him, and the results are very impressive acting performances.
Fast paced even at 2 ½ hours, Inception is, in essence, one of the few Hollywood blockbusters that succeeds anymore.
Grade: A
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