Inception delves into the psyche of fact and fiction

The thing about a dream is it is original with each twist and turn belonging solely to the dream weaver, who used to be just one person left to the privacy of their deepest thoughts and memories.

"Inception", a Christopher Nolan film, takes the viewer on a virtual journey through worlds never before discovered in a sci-fi thriller worthy of praise alongside titles such as The Matrix and Terminator.

Dom Cobb, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is an extractor whose job is to enter a target's dream and extract valuable information.

Cobb's team consists of an architect , played by Ellen Page, someone who is capable of building such extravagant layouts as to successfully convince the targeted party they are in fact just dreaming.

There is also a chemist, played by Dileep Rao, who sedates the target making sure they stay asleep long enough to complete the extraction

Then there is the changer, played by Tom Hardy who can change his appearance at any time during a dream taking on the character of other people to help deceive the dreamer, and a point-man, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He is responsible for making sure the team knows exactly what is happening and about to happen in the target's dream.  

The target in the movie is Robert Fischer, played by Cillian Murphy, the son and heir of a wealthy businessman.

Cobb and his team are called upon by Fischer's family business rival, Saito, played by Ken Watanabe.

The mission is to implant a thought within the psyche of the young heir to convince him to break up his father's empire.

In order to succeed the team must enter three levels of dream to make young Fischer believe it is truly his dream and not one implanted by someone else.

Cobb, who is bothered by a troubled past, is given a shot at redemption. If he can complete one last job, all of his convictions will disappear and he'll be able to go back to living a normal life. The only problem is that a successful implantation had never been accomplished.

In order to enter Fischer's dream the team must sedate him and the team members who are entering the dream are then linked to the target.

After the linking, Ariadne, played by Ellen Page, can control the layout of the dream picking and choosing what the target sees. The goal of this specific job is to use something in Fischer's past to make him believe the thought of destroying his father's empire is his own.

Another aspect of making the dream convincing is to have other people within the dream. These people are what the movie calls projections, a self-conscious based image of a person meant to go along with what the dream is doing.

Being a part of Fischer's sub-conscious, the team is aware of what is supposed to be there and if there are intruders. When spotting an intruder the sub-conscious forces the projections to attempt to rid the intruders from the dream.

One recurring projection is not a part of Fischer's sub-conscious, but a part of Cobb's, Mal who is Cobb's late wife. She essentially lives in Cobb's dreams ruling his subconscious and attempting to kill anyone in the dream with Cobb so that she may have him to herself.

Normally dying in a dream will just wake up the dreamer ending the dream, but with the amount of sedation necessary to enter three different levels of dreaming, death in this dream sends someone to Limbo.

Limbo in the movie refers to a fourth and final level of dream. In Limbo it is nearly impossible to distinguish whether you are awake or still dreaming.

When in Limbo seconds turn into days. In a matter of minutes people could have lived a lifetime.

As the story continues some of the questions about Cobb's past begin to piece together as his team slowly begins to realize exactly what is occurring. The team must make it through the dream, with unknown dangers that Cobb, who is so determined to make it back to reality, chooses not to divulge with his team.

As indicative of Nolan's past films, this movie tugged at the minds of the viewer making them desperately attempt to piece together all of the plots and subplots and sub-subplots.

This movie showed the true extent of Nolan's mind and creativity as the viewer is taken on a ride from start to finish. It had enough action and excitement for even the most disinterested of sci-fi fans, and kept the audience guessing and thinking the entire time. The supporting cast to the ever-talented DiCaprio not only held their weight, but vastly exceeded expectations.

I would recommend seeing this film, and then seeing it again and again and then maybe once more to make sure you catch every detail from the conscious to the subconscious.