Tenet
Tenet is a mind-numbing spectacle of a film that relies on your confusion. It’s bold and demanding of your attention. We all know Christopher Nolan loves to make his films about time—the most notable film being Tenet. It embodies time and the concept of it, making it race in reverse while you’re still trying to figure out what’s going on. It embraces its chaos—you don’t understand it the first time or even the second. It’s a puzzle you’re trying to solve while taking in the crazy acting, explosive action, and brisk pacing. It does not spoon-feed you; it takes you on a wild ride and wants you to get lost and go along for the ride, and it’s awesome even in the confusion.
Visually, it’s a masterpiece. Inverted fight scenes are something that have never been done before and something I didn’t know I needed. The scale is amazing—cars blowing up, buildings exploding twice—it’s all incredibly grand and audacious. Robert Pattinson and John David Washington are filled with charisma and deliver strong performances. Their chemistry keeps it grounded and entertaining, even when the dialogue seems to shift into a physics lecture. The score from Ludwig Göransson gives the story urgency and a cool race-against-time vibe.
Sure, the dialogue is sometimes hard to hear over the booming score, and the plot seems to get more complex and paradoxical every minute, but that’s the beauty of it. Tenet doesn’t try to be straightforward—it’s an experience that wants you to continue piecing the parts together long after the film ends.
In the end, the confusion is where it thrives. It’s a cinematic experience—it’s bold, it’s brilliant, and absolutely unapologetic about how much it expects from its audience. You don’t just watch Tenet—you solve it yourself, grapple with the concepts it gives, and that’s what makes it unforgettable. It’s all a temporal pincer movement.Nolan Rankd