These thriller openings summarize the plots of three films: 1) Inception (2010) - Dom Cobb is an expert thief who steals secrets from dreams, but is now offered a chance at redemption if he can successfully plant an idea in someone's mind instead of stealing one. 2) The Equalizer (2014) - Denzel Washington plays a man with a mysterious past who comes out of retirement to help a young girl escape from dangerous Russian gangsters. 3) The Gambler (2014) - An English professor who is also a high-stakes gambler bets his own life as collateral for a loan from a gangster and must take risks to get a second chance.

1. THRILLER OPENINGS

2. Inception(Nolan,2010)
• Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction,
stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state,
when the mind is at its most vulnerable.
• Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of
corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him
everything he has ever loved.
• Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life
back but only if he can accomplish the impossible-inception. Instead of the perfect
heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to
steal an idea but to plant one.
• If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or
expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their
every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

3. The Equalizer(Fuqua,2014)
• In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he
has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a
new, quiet life.
• But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the
control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to
help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against
anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-
imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened.
• If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have
nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

4. The Gambler(Wyatt,2014)
• Jim Bennett is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes
gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his
own life as collateral.
• Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a
gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy
mother in his wake.
• He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while
garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with a paternal interest in
Bennett's future.
• As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must take the ultimate
risk for a second chance...