Director Christopher Nolan (“Batman Begins”, “Prestige”) gives us yet another intriguing picture, this time in the form of the mind manipulating “Inception”. This is a movie so compelling with its ideas it could revolutionise some aspects of filmmaking.

In “Inception”, Cobb (Leonard DiCaprio “Titanic”) is the world’s greatest thief and the world’s best ‘extractor’; his ability has made him infamous in the world of business espionage. Cobb then finds himself chosen for a special assignment where he must trick a business empire’s new chairman, Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy “Batman Begins”), into letting a competitor surpass his company. Cobb and his team are ready but the only problem is that Cobb’s subconscious could be the death of him.

Cobb is a reasonable character given a reasonable performance by Leonardo DiCaprio. Cillian Murphy doesn’t give a particularly memorable performance here, which is a shame. Tom Hardy (“Bronson”), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“500 Days of Summer”) and the rest of the cast are sadly unmemorable except for the sort-of villain that only appears in a few scenes; she’s Cobb’s wife or at least she was but the version we see are parts of his subconscious. The reason why she’s memorable is because she’s an extreme psychopath and it’s all because Cobb explained a theory to her.

“Inception” definitely will not be remembered for its performances but it definitely will be remembered for its simply spectacular visuals. The scene inside someone’s mind where the whole world changes structure is breath-taking for sure, the car falling at super slow speed is still actually pretty mind-blowing stuff when you see it onscreen. From the decent action to the amazing concepts to the quite frankly stunning special effects, I feel that while “Inception” is not magnificent, it is entertaining enough to certainly warrant a watch. If you want to be impressed then don’t turn away from “Inception”.