This is a short that continues a great movie (one of my favorites of all time), the combination between Leo Di Caprio and Chris Nolan is AWESOME (beside of the great cast that the movie has), i think it must have a second part because of that. Well focusing directly in the short, this is a short in animation where you can see almost all the cast (Leo Di Caprio, Joseph Gordon-Levit, Marion Cotilliard, Ellen Page, Ken Watanable, etc.) of the movie turned into cartoons, it is very interesting and it tells a story after the movie with another mission for Cobb and all the characters, i really recommend for all the ones who liked the movie, for the ones who didn't liked it I don't because you'll get bored, I give it an 8, I hope you like it. Greetings. maxi0305
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If you're a fan, you'll love it
miron-924-4979922 May 2019
Even though it's only based on Nolan's work, it actually did feel like Nolans creation. The original soundtrack by Zimmer works great wiht this prequel. If you're a fan of Nolan's work as well, then you're going to love it!
A solid prequel
Neil_Williamson27 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Unlike what one of the other reviews says here, this is actually a PREQUEL, rather than a SEQUEL, to the events of Inception.
It details a failed extraction mission for Leo (Cobb) and his crew, where they realise at the climax that their target should have been Saito (Ken Watanabe) who has the information they need locked away in his mind.
In some ways it's very similar to the opening scenes of the actual Inception movie, but is told in comic book graphic style, with speech bubbles displaying what the characters say, and the same rousing musical score of the original film.
I found it as an extra on the triple blu-ray / DVD disc set I bought years ago, and am pleased to have finally watched it as it provides additional framework and context to the main film.
It details a failed extraction mission for Leo (Cobb) and his crew, where they realise at the climax that their target should have been Saito (Ken Watanabe) who has the information they need locked away in his mind.
In some ways it's very similar to the opening scenes of the actual Inception movie, but is told in comic book graphic style, with speech bubbles displaying what the characters say, and the same rousing musical score of the original film.
I found it as an extra on the triple blu-ray / DVD disc set I bought years ago, and am pleased to have finally watched it as it provides additional framework and context to the main film.
Solid prequel to the "real" movie
Horst_In_Translation20 January 2016
Warning: Spoilers
"The Cobol Job" is a 14.5-minute comic-book style short film that takes place right before Christopher Nolan's Academy Award winning "Inception". You will find some of the characters in here as well, especially Leonardo DiCaprio's Cobb. The story is fine and it's certainly nice to recognize some of the protagonists, but I am not a great fan of "Inception", even if I somewhat like it, and I also do not like the style used here really, which are probably the main reason why I did not totally enjoy this little film here. Huge "Inception" fans will probably think differently. For them, it is certainly worth the watch, while almost everybody else can skip Ian Kirby's film from five years ago. It probably also helps to have (re)watched "Inception" right before seeing this one as you will need to remember all the details to understand this film here. Usually not a great premise to be so dependent on another film to understand this one. Still, overall, I give it a thumbs up. For a comic-book film, it is pretty good, even if I cannot take JGL serious as a badass character.
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