Batman Begins

Cobb washes up on a beach, meets old Saito. A world of dreams within dreams where reality is uncertain and Cobb cannot go home.

Mal appears in Cobb's dreams. "What's the most resilient parasite? An idea." The theme: letting go of the past and what is real.

Cobb is an extractor, wanted for his wife's murder. He cannot see his children. His broken world of extraction jobs and running.

Saito offers Cobb a way home: perform inception on Robert Fischer. Plant an idea instead of steal one. The impossible job.

Is inception even possible? Can Cobb control Mal in dreams? Should he risk everything for a chance to go home? Assembling the team.

The team agrees. Cobb commits to the inception job. They design the three-level dream and board the plane. No turning back.

Ariadne learns about Cobb's past with Mal. She represents his path to healing and truth. The relationship that will save him.

Level 1: The rainy city, the van chase. Level 2: The hotel, zero gravity fights. The promise of the premise - dream heist action.

They reach Level 3 (the snow fortress). Saito is shot. Fischer's subconscious is militarized. Stakes raise - they must go deeper to limbo.

Mal sabotages the mission, kills Fischer. Saito dies. Time runs out across all levels. The van is falling. Everything is collapsing.

Cobb and Ariadne must go to limbo to save Fischer and Saito. The mission seems impossible. Cobb may be trapped forever with Mal.

In limbo, Cobb faces Mal. The guilt of her death. Can he let her go? Is reality worth fighting for? His deepest confrontation.

Cobb lets Mal go. "You're just a shade of my real wife." He chooses reality and his children. Fischer accepts the inception. Freedom.

The synchronized kicks across all dream levels. Cobb finds Saito in limbo. They remember and shoot themselves. Everyone wakes on the plane.

Cobb comes home to his children. He spins the totem but walks away before seeing if it falls. He chooses his reality. The ambiguous ending.