I see all the glowing 10 star reviews and I am genuinely dumbfounded. It's just a second rate re-make of the Matrix. If you have 2 and 1/2 hours to spare, and are easily pleased you may find this mildly diverting. But to bill it as some kind of seismic event in the cultural history of western civilisation is just rubbish.

The plot holes are bigger than the effects, the characters are entirely one dimensional and the dialogue is wooden. The final 30 minutes were spent staring at my watch, willing it to end, so I could go and do something more meaningful with my life, like watching some paint dry.

I almost wonder if Christopher Nolan is playing games with us, trying to see how far he can push it before a small child steps forward and points out that the emperor is in fact completely naked.