Christopher Nolan’s smart, moving and intellectual thriller about dream invasion set a new bar for cerebral blockbusters and with Hans Zimmer’s score a new sonic direction in what we think of as the sound of suspense.
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a professional thief with a difference: the spoils he goes after are not material objects but the thoughts, dreams and secrets buried in the minds of other people’s subconscious. This rare talent, whilst making him a hot commodity in the world of corporate espionage, has also cost him dear, rendering him a solitary fugitive stripped of everything he ever really cared about. So when he is offered a chance for redemption by reversing the process and planting an idea in someone’s mind rather than stealing it, he and his team of specialists find themselves pitted against a dangerous enemy that appears to pre-empt their every move.