The other day a bleary-eyed, over-tired fragment of myself smuggled bottles of Lucozade (which I’ve been addicted to since my exams) into the cinema. I was going to see Inception and had plans to catch up on some missed sleep during the film. Boy was I glad I had that kick of energy with me! What a film! High drama, a gripping story line and an array of great actors.

Inception is a sci-fi meets action film starring many famous faces including Leonardo DiCaprio (Gangs of New York, The Departed and Shutter Island), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3rd Rock from the Sun, (500) Days of Summer), Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose, Nine) , Ellen Page (Juno), Cillian Murphy (Breakfast on Pluto, The Wind That Shakes the Barley), Michael Caine (The Dark Knight, Educating Rita). Personally for me DiCaprio and Page steal the show and I found them fascinating to watch, regardless the entire cast give great performances.

I had been told by people the film was hard to follow and while the storyline is complex, even in my haggard state, I still found the events of the film easy enough to follow. I won’t outline the storyline here; I’ll let the trailer explain that. But I will say that this film is more than just a Summer blockbuster churned out by Hollywood to get a bit of quick cash and not something we will forget about after a few months. This has classic status written all over it and a must for any movie collection.