Inception

In the imaginary sci-fi action world, your dreams and secrets could be taken away by an extractor, who enters your dreams and access the otherwise inaccessible hidden information. Similarly, he might be skilled enough to plant in idea into your sub-consciousness and alter your life path altogether.

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), is a professional extractor, and team comprises Arthur (point man in charge of research), Earnes (forger who impersonates target), Ariadne (architect who designs the dreamscape) and Yusuf (the chemist for sleep induction), are employed to plant an idea into Robert Fischer who is the heir to an energy business empire. The man behind this plot is Saito, a rival energy company owner.

The target subject is first put to sleep and made to go into 2nd and 3rd stage of dream, that is dream within a dream. The idea of inception is to attached a basic positive emotion to that idea/concept. The subject will then assume the new idea as it slowly manifest from the subconsciousness.

While the storyline is interesting and special effect amazing, I can't help feeling bored in the middle of the movie. Too much time had been spent trying to impress the audience and buying time for the extractors.

Rating: 4 out of 5 fairy clouds. The movie is still worth a shot for its ingenuity. The idea of programming the subconscious is not a new thing, and particularly to a psychic or energy worker. I find myself disappointed with the movie despite all the ra-ra, hypes and excitement about it. Maybe I went to the movie with too high an expectation.