Imagine a world where you can dive into dreams, not just in your dreams but dreams of your friends, family and even enemies. Think about all the stuff you could learn about someone through their dreams, because what are dreams if not a projection of what we long for. Dreams are an extension of ones desires, fears and even secrets. Imagine the benefits of such a technology, it could help patients suffering from PTSD as it would give a closer look of the trauma faced t the therapist. It could be used to help patients to overcome their fears on their own all the while having full control over the environment. It could also help patients that have trouble remembering by just helping them relieve their life. Every coin has 2 sides, for a lighter and hopeful side there always is a darker side. This side is what the movie sheds some light at.

The movie follows a crew led by Dom Cobb played by the dashing Leonardo DiCaprio, he plays a professional thief that specializes in stealing secrets. He is an extractor who dives into his targets mindscape using experimental tech and extracts information required. He has a partner Arthur played by the lovely Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Arthur manages the operation and is responsible for research about the target. Cobb is known to be one of the best extractors and generally uses a multi layer structure in the dreams. The dream within a dream approach which makes it difficult for his targets to anticipate his actions. When a person dies in the dreamscape they just wake back up in the real world.

Mr.Saito a Japanese business man played by Ken Watanabe decides to hire Cobb not to extract an idea, but to implant it. In the dreamscape the targets subconscious is weaker and susceptible to suggestions, Saito wishes to use this to his advantage by having Cobb convince Robert Fischer played by the talented Cillian Murphy to relish his business empire. Robert Fischer is the heir of Saito’s business rival Maurice Fischer who left everything to his son before dying. Cobb accepts the job as Saito promises him to clear his criminal status, Cobb prepares a crew that contains himself, Arthur, Ariande a graduate student responsible of creating the world in the dream scape, Eames who specialises in forgery and impersonations, Saito himself and Yusuf a chemist tasked with designing a sedative to manage the dream within a dream strategy. Getting out of these tailored dreams requires a kick and a member who is responsible for creating the dream stays behind to deliver a kick. Usually when someone dies in the dreamscape they just wake back up in the real world, this multi-layered dream has a catch where if someone dies they pass on into a world of infinite subconscious and would prevent them from waking back up. Cobb reveals his experience of this limbo to Adriande and the others.

The movie is directed by the brilliant Christopher Nolan who does an amazing job of building the world and all the intricacies that make it interesting. The story is gripping and make you think critically, it is known to confuse many people when it comes to understanding the different levels of the dream. The end is pretty ambiguous and truly makes the viewer think and understand the underlying plot.

In conclusion its a wonderful movie that is sure to make you think. A must watch for sci-fi lovers and enthusiasts, many fans watch it more than once to try and decode every little secret possible. All the twists and turns make you wonder about our own reality.