Disappointed is the watchword.

After the hype, the very least we were to expect was some post-Matrix multidimensional psychotropic thriller made by the Stanley Kubrick of his generation.

Well, Nolan is no Kubrick, Inception has none of the surprise, technical adeptness or tangible dread of the Matrix and the plot is as multidimensional as the cardboard cutout characters.

Instead, we got too many hours of a badly stitched together quartet of substandard action pieces with some badly depicted bogus technology, all glued together with a load of sentimental schlock.

Shameful that this cost so much money to make when so many people are dying of starvation around the world. I felt truly ripped off, almost as much as when Equilibrium was foisted upon unsuspecting audiences.

Save your money by donating it to a worthy cause or buying a copy of the much more superior Existenz.

Unfortunately, reality ain't what it used to be.