Inception

Involved isn't a strong enough word to describe the new Christopher Nolan thriller Inception .

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Cobb, an expert dream extractor who is tasked with planting an idea in the mind of Fischer (Cillian Murphy) the heir to a powerful businessman who is monopolising the electricity industry.

The process is called Inception, and involves creating layers of a person's dream to penetrate their subconscious.

As we find out the practice comes with plenty of risks.
Along for the ride are Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page and Tom Hardy as Cobb's team and Marion Cotillard is his wife who keeps penetrating his dreams. Michael Caine also has his obligatory appearance in a Nolan film.

This is a hard film to review because I'm not 100 per cent sure I get it.

It is certainly not a movie to see if you're not prepared to concentrate on what's happening. That said it is very entertaining, particularly the many dream sequences.

Nolan has created a world that is mind-boggling to say the least.

Then there's the ending.

After watching The Movie Show on Wednesday night I was somewhat prepared for a clanger of a finale and they weren't wrong. In many ways I'm still spinning and it really does make you think hard about what you have just seen.

Rating this is difficult. I'm going 8.5 out of 10 and if I decide to see it again that could go higher because this is definitely a film that isn't done justice on one viewing.