10 Most Amazing Practical Movie Effects Of The 2010s

Inception's mind-bending hallway punch-up managed to become one of cinema's most memorable fight sequences almost overnight, mostly thanks to the clear fact that two guys really were slugging it out in a rotating hotel corridor.

The crew accomplished this scene by building a giant rotating rig. Eight thirty-foot metal rings were joined together and spun using an electric motor, with the corridor set essentially being "slotted" through the middle of these rings, so it rotated with them.

Then, the camera had to be secured to the floor of the corridor - with great care - so that, from the audience's point of view, it would look like the two fighters were falling through shifting gravity, and not that the corridor was simply rotating on an axis.

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt had only two weeks to rehearse for this fight, and he insisted on doing everything himself, without the aid of a professional double. The difficulty was in keeping up with the rotation; if the fighters fell behind, they could fall from one side of the corridor to the other, which would've been an extremely painful landing.

The time and effort poured into this scene paid off in spades, and the practicality of the set combined with the dedication of the actors produced an immersive, bone-crunching effect that a digital scene just wouldn't have been able to replicate. The dream is real.

Any other awesome, post-2010 practical effects that we missed? Let us know in the comments section!