Inception Spoiler

Inception

The movie Inception is a psychological thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and many other actors. The movie appears to be set in modern day times. The date of the movie isn’t given, but everything seems similar to the times of today except for one big difference, there is technology available which allows individuals to enter the mind and the dreams of people and influence their ideas subconsciously. Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio’s character) is the con artist who enters people’s dreams. He, as well as his team are asked to manipulate the thoughts of a man named Robert Fischer because he has just inherited his father’s energy company and Saito (the man who has hired the team) wants to be in soul control of all the energy in the world. In order to place the idea into Robert’s mind, the team must enter his dream and then enter a dream inside a dream. This is called Inception. The further a person goes into inception the harder it is to wake up. If people go in too deep, they enter a state named Limbo. Once you reach this stage, it is almost impossible to wake up and the dream feels so much like reality that the mind stops trying to wake up and accepts what is now the “real world”. Cobb is an individual who was previously stuck in limbo. Him and his deceased wife were stuck there for (what felt like) years, until they aged and turned old together. Once they eventually left this state, his wife Mal could not believe they were in reality and kills herself (that is one way to wake up from a dream). Cobb had been accused of her death and had to flee America. His one wish is to go home and see his children.  Eventually, he does arrive home, or so we think. At the end of the movie, Cobb’s spinning top totem (which shows him if he is in a dream or not) is still spinning. We will never know if he’s in a dream or reality.  The film is a fantastic thriller as it involves dreams and the impossible, literally anything can happen. The music in the film is full of dark ominous tones which makes it seem incredibly dark.