The summer is typically a time for Hollywood to dump its least intellectually stimulating but usually visually impressive movies into theatres nationwide in an effort to cash in on a largely ignorant populace that is all too eager to part with their hard earned money. Thankfully, Inception is not one of these films. While this film specializes in being visually stunning and thoroughly engaging on a visceral level, it also functions quite well as a “smart” film, one that requires a little more thinking than the average brainless action movie that’s so common in mainstream cinema.
