REVIEW: INCEPTION
IN A summer of sequels, remakes, and general cinematic disappointment, one film has emerged that is so exciting and original it single-handedly makes up for all that has gone before it.
INCEPTION (12A TBC), starring Leonardo Di Caprio, is visionary filmmaker Christopher Nolan's eagerly-awaited follow-up to The Dark Knight, and is a truly breath-taking experience.
Summarising its labyrinthine plot, however, is no easy task. Essentially Inception is a heist movie, in which Di Caprio plays Dom Cobb, a master extractor on the run from the US authorities, but Cobb and his team aren't interested in jewels or bank vaults: they are corporate spies who sneak into your subconscious via your dreams and steal ideas.
A powerful Japanese businessman approaches him with the ultimate proposition: instead of stealing an idea, he wants to plant one. Keeping up? You will, as Nolan handles the admittedly complex material with deft skill, and Hans Zimmer's pulsating music keeps events racing along at break-neck speed.
This is a bold and brilliant film featuring the most jaw-dropping visuals since the release of The Matrix and is the smartest slice of science-fiction since Blade Runner. Filled with enough awe-inspiring action sequences to, hopefully, make it a mainstream hit, Inception is already a bona-fide classic and a strong contender for Best Picture at the 2011 Oscars.
- MATTHEW KLEEBAUER
l Inception is also screening at the BFI IMAX, South Bank, SE1, in a special IMAX presentation. For ticket details, go to www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_imax or call 0870 7872525.
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