Inception PG 13
Chris Nolan (Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Memento), returns to high concept action in this story within a story, or a dream within a dream. Ideal planting mind thieves plan to enter the mind of a corporate tycoon's son to break things up so his competitor may have more financial leverage. Using a fantasy technology (a MacGuffin), which looks something like a cross between a lie detector and an asthma machine from the late 80s, the people of this noirish world can enter the dreams of a captured person and tell his subconscious anything they want. But when their leader falls prey to his own tormented inner self, in the guise of a mysterious woman, it may destroy them all. Sort of a cross between The Matrix and Brainscan, and Body Heat, and a number of other tropes of scifi fantasy, the Nolan universe works. DiCaprio isn't as pretty boy annoying but play essentially the same tortured soul he's been doing since The Beach. and most recently, Shutter Island. Wish he'd lighten up. In the dream worlds of this story there are gun toting assassins and surprisingly no sex whatsoever (sexuality yes, but not actual bawdiness). If half of it is a guy's dream, you'd think there would be a little. Pretty good action yarn though and meant for repeat rentals, but maybe not multiple viewings. Review by Adam Browne
Agreed. And there are so many levels of weirdness in this people are still talking about it. Even the creators of it were like, some of the stuff the net guys came up with they didn't figure. The spinning top was an accident if you listen to the commentary on DVD, but that's not the only confusing cluew, such as the ages of the kids, the notion the main guy could just have the older man send the kids to him, in Europe, or the onboard flight crew not noticing these guys have hooked a man up to their machine for 16 hours? But still, it's what's fun about the flick.
ReplyDeleteAnd besides, the creators would have one believe this guy only thinks about spy pictured and attacking a fortress, and he's a guy? He doesn't dream about one brothel, one midnight stand, any of that, not even a clutch of bikini clad supermodels? Come on! Unless our hero and his friends are extremely the other way. In which case sweaty muscle men would prance in, and bikers, and the like.
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