Inception

The basic plot of Inception is pretty good - the bloke from Titanic and the bloke from Third Rock from the Sun can get in to people's dreams. Once there they can steal ideas or thoughts and they either do this 'to contract' or sell to the highest bidder.

Titanic bloke - for reasons never really satisfactorily explained - can't go back to the USA and see his kids. Then, one day, he is offered a way back. The price? To go in to someone's mind and plant a thought in their subconscious that leads them to commence a chain of events to the hirer's benefit.

It's a good set up. Unfortunately it doesn't really go anyway in a fulfilling way. Talk of level two, level three, triggers and dreams within dreams seem impressive - but when you stand back for a moment you just think.. meh!

The effects are good - including the scenes of weightlessness in a lift - and it's wonderfully stylish. You just can't help think this a bit 'Matrix lite.' If you're a 14 year old boy it's probably deep and brilliant. For the rest of us we actually become a little envious of the sleeping and dreaming the characters do - a quick kip and dreaming would probably be more enthralling that sitting and watching the film.