REVIEW: Inception (2010)

In news that isn't really that hard to believe, Christopher Nolan has once again released a film that is really impressive. Inception follows a neurosecurity team who infiltrate the mind of a wealthy heir, implanting an idea into his subconscious via the dream world to stop his father's company from having a monopoly on the energy industry. The truly interesting part of the process is that they continue going deeper into the mind, through numerous dreams within dreams. Of course, there are rules and you can become trapped in "limbo," which is basically a dream hell where you can't leave and return to your normal conscious life. The film is very heavily influenced by Michael Mann's Heat, as well as Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and it shows, as it vividly dances around genres while blowing your mind. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (picture above) stole the show as Arthur, the team's point man, who organizes the inception process so that his coworkers can go in and get the job done. The storyline, the acting, the rules, everything holds your attention during the two and a half hours Inception plays out. I'm not one for grading films, but this one gets whatever is better than an A+.