What makes Christopher Nolan's Inception work is not the heart-pounding action littered throughout the piece, but the larger emotional puzzle, with Cobb at the centre, in which these action sequences are a part of. Inception's action is character motivated, resulting in sequences that not only push the plot forward, but shape the our understanding of Cobb as the film charges into its fearless, James Bond-esque, escapist climax.
Cobb is an extractor. Creating a dreamspace, he and his "team" are hired to infiltrate the architecture of a person's mind and "extract" an idea. It isn't exactly legal, Cobb admits, but by the end of the film the audience is left to wonder what Cobb isn't admitting, and what it means for the story as a whole.
Inception is a singular film. The work of a master storyteller at the height of his skill. It is a film that deserves to be seen twice, not for the sake of piecing the puzzle together, but because the second viewing offers something more than a puzzle, as you're now privy to information Cobb deprived himself. It is not until you follow Cobb's psychological turmoil to the end, that the film's ambiguous conclusions prepare you for a different film altogether.
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