Is Inception the film of the summer?

Visionary director Christopher Nolan returns to the big screen with the cerebral action thriller Inception. 

Dreams feel real while we’re in them – a simple fact that has enabled Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) to craft a technology that allows him to steal ideas from people’s subconscious, landing him a coveted position within the world of corporate espionage… but also costing him his nationality and the custody of his children, as an incident related to the (highly illegal) practice has had him blacklisted. When Saito (Ken Watanabe), a powerful businessman, hires Cobb and his partner Arthur (Joseph-Gordon Levitt) to perform the reverse of what they’re accustomed to – inception: implanting an idea as opposed to stealing one – on Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy), a business rival, Cobb sees an opportunity for redemption. He assembles a team consisting of the young architect Ariadne (Ellen Page), impersonator Eames, (Tom Hardy) and chemist Yusuf (Dileep Rao). The high-risk mission is, however, complicated by Cobb’s own psychological baggage, as a disturbing manifestation from his past threatens to sabotage the operation. 

 

 

Read the full review of Christopher Nolan's long-awaited blockbuster in this Sunday's edition of MaltaToday.