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Inception
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- 2010
- Christopher Nolan
- 141 mins
- 12
Summary
Action thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a corporate spy who steals ideas from dreams. But his latest, most dangerous assignment requires him to implant a thought and it pulls him deep into a battle with his own subconscious where he is haunted by memories of his dead love.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Stella Papamichael
The subconscious mind becomes a deadly maze for Leonardo DiCaprio in this wildly inventive psychological thriller from Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk). DiCaprio stars as Cobb, a corporate spy who steals secrets from other people's dreams, but begins to lose his grip when tasked by a business mogul (Ken Watanabe) with implanting a destructive idea in the mind of the heir to an energy empire (Cillian Murphy). Their thoughts are in conflict, producing incredible, ethereal action scenes akin to The Matrix. Cobb is aided by a team of specialists, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tom Hardy. However, he is also fighting himself and projections of his wife (Marion Cotillard) that threaten to plunge him into oblivion, and these scenes give the film a true sense of urgency. Emotional intimacy is lacking, with some characters functioning merely as devices to explain an increasingly complicated scenario, but there's no doubt that Nolan (who also directed the equally elliptical Memento) knows how to craft an enthralling brainteaser.
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rolenameCobbLeonardo DiCaprioArthurJoseph Gordon-LevittAriadneElliot PageRobert FischerCillian MurphyMilesMichael CaineMalMarion CotillardEamesTom HardySaitoKen WatanabePeter BrowningTom BerengerNashLukas HaasYusufDileep RaoMaurice FischerPete PostlethwaiteBlondeTalulah RileyElderly bald manEarl Cameron
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rolenameDirectorChristopher Nolan
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Theatrical distributor
Warner Bros
Released on
2010-07-16
Languages
English | Japanese | French
Guidance
Some violence.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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