About ten minutes into Inception, the new film from Christopher Nolan, my heart sank. It was blindingly obvious we were witnessing a dream sequence – only an idiot wouldn't have cottoned on to this – yet Nolan was holding back this "reveal", convinced that when it came it would knock our socks off.
Inception concerns the efforts of a burnt-out psych-ops veteran (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his team of misfits to invade the dreams of dangerous, powerful men and find out their secrets. (Mainly at the behest of other dangerous, powerful men.) As such, it consists of virtually nothing but dream sequences. The problem with these, as any fule no, is there's no jeopardy. Who cares if DiCaprio is killed in a dream? All that happens is he wakes up. (To read more, click here.)
