Inception

Inception


Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Reviewed by: awesomeVia, 16
Rating: It was amazing!


Even though the movie was confusing in some parts, it was well-made. Christopher Nolan does it again with Inception.

(WARNING: Spoiler Alert)
The movie has a weird start that won't be understood unless if you watch it twice. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a renowned corporate espionage who is an expert in deception (extracting ideas out of dreams). Mr. Saito (Ken Watanabe) is a oil mogul who meets with Cobb and Cobb convinces him to hire him to protect his mind from getting extracted. And then we realize that Cobb's wife keeps appearing in his dreams. Later, Saito then says that if Cobb can perform inception (implanting ideas into one's dream) on Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy), Maurice Fischer's son who will inherit his dying father's oil empire, then Saito will drop the charges on Cobb and he can go back to the United States and to his kids. Then Cobb goes out and hire an architect named Ariadne (Ellen Page), a forger/imitator, a chemist, and etc. Then we and Ariadne learn that Cobb's wife, Mal (Marion Cotillard) [apparently it means 'bad' in French] is seen frequently as a projection in his dreams and is so confused between dream and reality that she commits suicide. Before doing so, she blames her death on Cobb. Until Cobb can successfully perform inception and drop the charges, then he can go back to the USA to be with his kids. For the inception, there apparently is a 4 state dream (a dream within a dream times two) and a powerful sedative is needed to be able to do that. Towards the end, it becomes more understandable. The ending is very very interesting.

I suggest that after you have watched this movie once, either watch it again or search IMDB (Internet Movie Database) for the plot synopsis to understand it more. Nolan does a really good job with the drama, mystery, and thriller of this movie. He also did a good job with making Cobb such a mysterious character.


Recommended to: Almost everyone 13 and up