Plot Summary

Inception focuses on the life and work of Dom Cobb. Dom is an "extrationist", which means that he has the ability to go into peoples dreams and extract sensitive information that they normally and consciously would not give away.  In the movie we realize that Dom is on a mission to get back to the United States to be with his children. The only thing keeping him away from them is the fact that he is wanted in the United States for suspicion of killing his wife. Dom is eventually approached by Saito, a man with the apparent capability of getting Dom into the United States in return for one last job. Instead of stealing information, it is Dom's responsibility to place information into the mind of his target. Dom and his team realize that getting their mark to take to this new idea means they must travel into several layers of dreams in order to place the idea far enough into the subconscious so that it would not be rejected by the target. The mission is plagued by trouble from the start and we can see that Dom is desperate to do what it takes to get the job done. Everything is not as it seems in the dream world and Dom is subconsciously sabotaging the mission with memories of his deceased wife. In the end, Dom and his team are successful in planting the thought and are all brought back into reality, or so we think. In the last scene we witness Dom spin his totem, which lets him know if he is dreaming or not, and we never see if it topples or keeps spinning. This leaves us wondering if Dom is still dreaming and has never woken up throughout the entire film.