Rent Inception (2010)
3.8 of 5 from 1666 ratings
2h 22min
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- Synopsis:
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but has also made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime. But no planning or expertise can prepare them for a dangerous enemy who seems to predict their every move. An enemy only Cobb could have seen coming. - Actors:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Tai-Li Lee, Claire Geare, Magnus Nolan, Taylor Geare, Johnathan Geare, Tohoru Masamune, Yuji Okumoto, Earl Cameron
- Directors:
- Christopher Nolan
- Producers:
- Christopher Nolan, Kanjirô Sakura, Yoshikuni Taki, Emma Thomas
- Writers:
- Christopher Nolan
- Others:
- Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat, Wally Pfister, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin, Gary A. Rizzo, Richard King, Lee Smith, Lora Hirschberg, Ed Novick, Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat, Hans Zimmer
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 2011, Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, Modern Classics to Watch on 4K Blu-ray, Oscar Nominations Competition 2024, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, Titles Perfect for Blu-Ray & 4K, Top Films
- Awards:
2011 BAFTA Best Production Design
2011 BAFTA Best Visual Effects
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/01/2011
- Run Time:
- 148 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Danish, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Extraction mode
- Dreams: Cinema of the subconscious
- Inception: The cobol job
- Soundtrack from Hans Zimmer's versatile score
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/12/2017
- Run Time:
- 148 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, Canadian French Dolby Digital 5.1, Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Czech Dolby Digital 5.1, English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Hungarian Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Thai Dolby Digital 5.1, Turkish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Brazilian, Cantonese, Castillian, Chinese, Complex Mandarin, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Mandarin, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Inception of Inception - Christopher Nolan Shapes His Unusual Concepts for the Movie
- The Japanese Castle: The Dream Is Collapsing - Creating and Destroying the Castle Sets Constructing Paradoxical Architecture - Designing the Staircase to Nowhere
- The Freight Train - Constructing the Street-Faring Express Train
- And More
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Reviews (14) of Inception
Rubbish - Inception review by CP Customer
Only managed to watch 10 minutes of this before giving up. The sound quality is terrible (really quiet dialogue prompting you to turn the sound up, followed by booming music and action, which is then far too loud) but worse than that the film is totally incomprehensible! Call me old fashioned but I do like to have a clue what's going on when I watch a film.
4 out of 13 members found this review helpful.
A decent thriller though hugely over-hyped. - Inception review by CP Customer
Inception is about a small group of crooks who are involved in corporate espionage in which they tap into an individuals dreams and steal information, sometimes creating a dream within a dream. After getting caught out by a Japanese businessman they are trying to steal from, he offers them a job which has been thought to be impossible, the act of inception, planting an idea in someone's mind within a dream. To create this illusion they have to create dreams within dreams with each dream layer time passing faster than the dream layer before. While the story sounds complex it isn't that complicated and easy enough to follow. And while there seems to be loads of hype about the film, especially the explanation of the ending, it seemed fairly straight forward to me. The CGI was very good (especially the zero gravity scenes), but to echo another reviewers comment the sound level, at least on the Blu-Ray was really erratic and throughout the film I was constantly having to turn the sound up and down. All in all, this is a fairly decent action thriller, not as mind-bending, clever or profound as the hype makes it out to be, and feels every minute of its 2 hours 45 minutes running time. It's a solid rental title but not the must see movie I was expecting.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Superb - Inception review by CP Customer
I agree with the previous review. The plot was not too challenging but you do need to concentrate. Overall a great film with an interesting philosophy.
Others have said they had a problem with the sound. I had the Blue ray version and have a 5.1 system. The sound was great with the narrative particularly clear.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Critic review
Inception review by Adam Minor - Cinema Paradiso
2010’s Inception is a mind-bending foray into the land of nod. Director Christopher Nolan helms this unique story about a man who specializes in extracting information from people’s dreams.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Cobb, an experienced extractor who, along with his partner Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) are hired by various entities to extract information from certain people. The team, however, is hired by Saito (Ken Watanbe) to do just the opposite, implant an idea in a rival businessman’s (Cillian Murphy).
Though not impossible, inception, as it’s called, is much harder than extraction. For this, Cobb and Arthur assemble a team of other dreamers played by Ellen Paige, Tom Hardy and Dileep Rao to complete the mission. But can Cobb, who still struggles with remorse from his wife’s suicide, keep himself together long enough to complete the mission and keep everyone alive?
What follows is a supremely interesting and confusing story.
Essentially, Inception is a modern day heist film told that boldly distinguishes itself through its originality.
Christopher Nolan has always set himself apart from the pack with his unique point-of-view towards story. He even manages to make a 70-year old character seem new with his Batman films. He gets credit for writing and directing this one.
Where the film loses its steam is throughout its complex plot. There are moments in the film when it seems as though the movie takes its rules for granted. For example, in the opening scene, it is stated that if you die in a dream, you simply wake up. However, later in the plot and deeper into the dream world, they say that if you die while you’re a dream this deep, that you die in real life. Though they give an explanation, it still seems as though they’re changing the rules to fit the plot.
Wally Pfister, the director of photography, won the Oscar for best cinematography, and it was more than deserved. The beautiful landscapes, intricate motion and flawless framing added a sense of pulchritude that’s hard to get in an urban setting. The film also brought home awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing at this year’s Oscars, and again, all of them deserved.
The actors and characters of the film are what ground its complexity. Leo is wonderful as the broken Cobb and Joseph’s Arthur is the perfect compliment for the team. Ariadne, whose name is as complex as the plot serves as little more than the audience’s guide to the dream-world is saved by Ellen Paige. Even Nolan alum Michael Caine makes a guest appearance as Cobb’s father.
Though it struggles with maintaining its structural integrity, the talent with which it was made and its sheer originality gives the modern audience, who’ve grown tired of the consistently hackneyed stories permeating our cinemas, what we’ve been dreaming of.