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In return, Saito offers something that Cobb could never resist: a ticket to go home with his children by taking out the homicide charge against him. Our hero Mr Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), a very well-known extractor, and his partner Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) are approached by a powerful businessman - Mr Saito (Ken Watanabe) for a nearly impossible mission, something no one has ever done before : instead of stealing, he wants them to plant an idea in a person's subconscious, which is also called "inception".
There is, in this world, a new kind of corporate spy - "extractors" who use this technology to infiltrate the target's subconscious and extract valuable information through a shared dream world. SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!! For all who haven't watched this movie, you may stop the reading right here because the following paragraphs contain a ton of spoilers! It is set in the world where there's technology that allows people to literally share dream. Though I did admire its cinematography and visual-effects, the film itself is nowhere near the level of Inception. In addition, Nolan had also a solid cast ensemble to help him deliver all of his messages.
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From visual aspect, everything was masterly handled: an impeccable cross-cutting allowed the movie to follow Nolan's nonlinear story-telling without being scattered a wonderful cinematography work completed with incredibly imaginative visual-effects brought into life so many breathtaking scenes, some of them, I believe, will stay in the audience's mind for a long time (city bending in Paris, zero-gravity fight, in limbo, dreams collapsing.). The multi-layered storyline despite its complexity, remains consistent and originally interesting. Then there came Inception where Nolan truly stood out, having every single detail of his work done in the finest way.Nonetheless, every time we talk about it, Heath Ledger takes all the spotlights with his life-time-role: The (unique-and-only) Joker. The Batman Trilogy is the best superhero saga of all time and its peak The Dark Knight is no doubt a masterpiece as well.The Prestige is highly impressive but somehow I haven't been able to find the very particular "Nolan's spirit" in it.But overall, it doesn't reach the same level of Inception. Memento, as his first signature in the cinema history, is tremendous and has stayed the most mind-bending film I've ever seen.I jumped into this conclusion after making a quick benchmark of Nolan's remarkable works: In my opinion, it's been so far the greatest achievement in his brilliant writer-director career. As it's been done so sophisticatedly, I do believe the rumour that Nolan had spent 10 years to finish the script of Inception. For someone like me, who've rarely slept without dream, it's so exciting watching how Christopher Nolan had illustrated every single characteristic of dream on the big screen. My 3rd time watching this movie! Yet, it still stunned my mind, kept me enjoyed its every moment and left me with many thoughts afterward.