Inception [M]

Dom Cobb is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind’s most vulnerable state: dream state. His skills have made him a coveted player in industrial espionage, but have also made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. All he wants to do is go home to his children, and his opportunity arises when he is offered a very important, but also very dangerous job. He must achieve the impossible: inception: planting an idea in the mind rather than stealing one. If met with success, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime. But no planning or expertise can prepare them for a dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move: an enemy that only Cobb can see coming. 

I just missed this at the cinemas and I was sooo pissed off that I did. From the time it finished to the time it came out on DVD, all I heard was how brilliant, how original, how mental, how ingenious, and what a mind trip it was. Needless to say, when it finally came into work early this week, I could not freaking wait to grab a copy and become enthralled. THIS MOVIE WAS SO BRILLIANT AND SO AWESOME THAT IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!!!

Dom Cobb is a very special kind of thief. One that makes his living through extraction: stealing valuable information and secrets from inside the subconscious during the mind’s most vulnerable state: dream state. His skills in this field have made him a coveted player in industrial espionage, but have also made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. All he wants to do is go home to his children and see their faces, and his opportunity arises when he is offered a very dangerous job. He is asked to achieve the impossible: inception: planting an idea in the mind rather than stealing one. If met with success, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime. But no amount of planning or expertise can prepare them for a dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb can see coming.

My head is still reeling and my entire body is still buzzing with awe after watching this movie. It had everything right! It was packed to bursting with action, comedy, wonderful characters, sharp story twists and plot misdirection, and was just a fantastic story. Not dissimilar to The Bank Job really (just a lot more of a mind trip).
The basic story, the root of the entire thing is simple enough to understand, but what makes the film so brilliant and so wonderfully confusing is the way that the story is constructed. It’s like an onion really; there are a large amount of layers, each one with a different story or goal to be achieved.
And what’s really great about it is that the characters take time to verbally explain the mechanics of the whole thing.
Not to mention the all-star cast that the film harbours: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Tom Berenger, Pete Postlethwaite, Cillian Murphy, and Michael Caine. HOW CAN YOU NOT WANT TO WATCH IT?
An epically brilliant story filled with plot misdirection, paradoxes, action, comedy, drama, and an ending that will set your mind whirring and shivers running up your spine, Inception is one of the best films to grace our screens in 2010.
There is no question, it is a MUST-HAVE in ANY FILM COLLECTION!!!