
Inception
Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionrobots/ai/spaceespionageheistvehiclesfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryglossybig & variedall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs
"Your mind is the scene of the crime."
Boxlist takeExpect an expansive, otherworldly sci-fi film, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Legendary Pictures
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