Inception
Movie, 2010, The 2010s, Set in Dreams within dreams
Inception is #18 of 26 in release order and #18 of 26 in chronological order in the Heist Movies.
The story
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Inception recap
Dom Cobb steals secrets from people's minds by entering their dreams, but he cannot go home to his children in America, wanted for the death of his wife Mal. The businessman Saito offers to clear his record if Cobb can perform an inception: plant an idea in the mind of Robert Fischer, heir to a rival energy empire, so he breaks it up. Cobb assembles a team: his partner Arthur, the architect Ariadne, the forger Eames and the chemist Yusuf. They plan a dream within a dream within a dream, aboard a flight. Fischer's mind has been trained to defend itself, Saito is wounded, and Cobb's guilt brings a projection of Mal into the dreams to sabotage them. Ariadne learns that Cobb once performed inception on Mal, who could not let go of the idea that her world was not real.
Inception ending explained
The team completes the inception on the deepest level, and Cobb lets go of Mal and finds the elderly Saito in limbo to bring them both back. Everyone wakes on the plane, and Cobb goes home to his children. He spins his top to test whether he is dreaming, and the film cuts before it falls.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Inception
Inception isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Ocean's Thirteen, before The Town.
- Chronological order: after Ocean's Thirteen, before The Town.
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur
- Ken Watanabe as Saito
- Tom Hardy as Eames
- Elliot Page as Ariadne
- Dileep Rao as Yusuf
- Cillian Murphy as Robert Fischer, Jr.
- Tom Berenger as Peter Browning
- Marion Cotillard as Mal Cobb
- Pete Postlethwaite as Maurice Fischer
- Michael Caine as Stephen Miles
- Lukas Haas as Nash
Directed by Christopher Nolan.