Inception

Nolan's Masterpiece?





Director: Christopher Nolan

Release Date: 2010

Rating: 12

Running Time: 120mins

Genre: Thriller/ Action/ Drama

Actors: Leonardo Dicaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Ellen Paige, Michael Caine

A dream within a dream within a dream, it's hard to tell what's real and what's not in Christopher Nolan's complex thriller 'Inception'. Leonardo Dicaprio and Joesph Gordon-Levitt prepare a team of well selected professionals to pull off the most complex and surreal heist ever performed in cinema history with fantastic twists and turns, it's a real race against the clock. This extraordinary film is one like no other and is a film you've got to really focus on to understand, talk or leave the room, you will be completely unaware of what's going on as it's so fast paced and incredibly confusing.

When family man and creative genius Dom Cobb (Dicaprio) is falsely accused of a crime, he is forced to go on the run away from his two children with his partner Kevin (JGL). Their only hoping of returning home and not ending up in prison is to help a struggling Japanese businessman get rid of his rival competition Fisher Industries by going into Fishers subconscious and convincing him to sell his dying fathers business, told you it was confusing. Accompanied by other stars such as the seriously cool Tom Hardy and the seriously smart Ellen Paige, the team must devise a way of entering into Fishers subconscious undetected and succeed in their mission of bringing down his business.

With incredible visually effects and mazes drawn out, 'Inception' stands as one of those films that are not just complex in terms of story, but in terms of pretty much everything. There are scenes that will play with your mind truly amaze you, particularly one scene set in a hotel involving zero gravity martix style fighting and another taking place on a snowcapped mountain with snow-speeders and plenty of shooting. It's definitely a fast paced and action packed film, but also very complex and probably one that people must see at least twice to fully understand. It's hard to tell what is real and what is a dream, the film will end up playing with your mind, particularly towards the end, but I won't give anything away, just be on the look out for a spinning top.

Despite the complexity of the film, it's still one well worth watching, particularly seeing as it's directed by Christopher Nolan, a fantastic director, (also know for 'The Dark Knight' trilogy among other things) and also the brilliant cast that lay out such a well performed film. As well as this the very impressive and moving soundtrack was created by the legendary Hans Zimmer, who is definitely one of the greatest composers of the cinema industry, also up there with Ennio Morricone who composed the score for 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' and John Williams who composed the score for 'Star Wars'. If you haven't seen 'Inception' then I would strongly recommend it, just so long as you are fully awake for all of it and you know the phone isn't going to ring or anything like that because you will be left clueless.

9/10