Tenet

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joshwashereFeb 16, 2022

This movie has a great break-in scene, lots of fights, and some satisfying moments where confusing events become clear.

Unfortunately, the plot is super confusing. So much so that at points I just gave up on figuring it out and keptThis movie has a great break-in scene, lots of fights, and some satisfying moments where confusing events become clear.

Unfortunately, the plot is super confusing. So much so that at points I just gave up on figuring it out and kept watching. It's also 2.5 hours long. The soundtrack is incredibly average. I think they recycled the Inception soundtrack, added a few foghorns and called it a day. David Washington's character alternates from having no idea what's going on to being ultra confident and competent, and it's jarring.

I think you'll enjoy this if you want action more than plot.… Expand

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CarlElmoreNov 24, 2022

Trying to understand what is happening in this movie is just playing a game of mental gymnastics but I enjoyed it a lot.

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ChapSep 12, 2020

With a fraction of the budget and only 30 minutes long...but Red Dwarf episode “Backwards” does a much better, coherent job of explaining time inversion than Tenet does, and its far more entertaining too!

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bertobellamySep 22, 2020

The convoluted story doesn't let you engage with this movie. This is indeed a mental test to the viewer, but one that keeps you away all the time; how to care if the characters only show up to explain things? Nolan asks us stop trying toThe convoluted story doesn't let you engage with this movie. This is indeed a mental test to the viewer, but one that keeps you away all the time; how to care if the characters only show up to explain things? Nolan asks us stop trying to understand his story and just feel it; still, he insists on all this weird and kind of ridiculous science.… Expand

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3ebfan511Jul 9, 2021

One of the most confusing films I have ever seen, and that is even with the subtitles on. The plot is borderline incomprehensible and at some point I just had to let it entertain me, while realizing the "world" it tries to establish isOne of the most confusing films I have ever seen, and that is even with the subtitles on. The plot is borderline incomprehensible and at some point I just had to let it entertain me, while realizing the "world" it tries to establish is scientifically nonsense. Not only that, but the characters try to explain the world with quick, snippy dialogue with barely any details, while talking way too fast...leaving the viewer completely confused. And perhaps worse of all...there is essentially 0 backstory to the main character who goes by the name..."protagonist". Why should I care about this character ? Who is he ? We have 0 answer to these questions, therefore...I do not care much about the character and found myself wanting to fast forward through most of the film as...there was no emotional connection to a single one of the characters. (Dunkirk also had the same problem, and was fatally flawed as a result.) The 2nd half does have some excellent action sequences and almost made me forget how convoluted the plot was. But the first half was brutally incoherent, and not believable, essentially mindless action, and 0 character development (of most characters in the film except only 2 side-characters)...leaves the best I can give the film about a 5/10, and also fatally flawed and alternating between frustrating for much of it and fairly entertaining for the last 30 minutes, for the spectacle of it.… Expand

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max1cDec 28, 2020

This movie is really mediocre. The writing is horrible the story makes close to zero sense and the acting is medium at best.

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artardmosheaOct 10, 2020

Loved the concept but hated the execution.

Interesting special effects.

Pattinson is likeable (never thought I'd write that) everyone else was really **** acting.

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Voodoo123Dec 28, 2020

The great visual style and interesting premise weren't enough to save this from being dull. The convoluted visual storytelling made a poor structure. Ultimately despite all the distractions, it just didn't hold my interest. The mumblingThe great visual style and interesting premise weren't enough to save this from being dull. The convoluted visual storytelling made a poor structure. Ultimately despite all the distractions, it just didn't hold my interest. The mumbling dialogue feels odd and made it harder to connect to the characters. As usual with nolan the time manipulation maguffin is under explained and poorly visualized.… Expand

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Brent_MarchantSep 6, 2020

Director Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster -- the film on which the movie industry has pegged its hopes for drawing viewers back into theaters -- unfortunately fails spectacularly in its appointed mission. While the action sequences andDirector Christopher Nolan's latest blockbuster -- the film on which the movie industry has pegged its hopes for drawing viewers back into theaters -- unfortunately fails spectacularly in its appointed mission. While the action sequences and some of the special effects make for terrific eye candy, the ridiculously convoluted plot is so hard to follow that one really needs pause and rewind buttons to absorb it all. What's more, the picture's look and feel seem like they could have been taken out of an "Inception" sequel but without a comparable emotional connection. Kenneth Branagh's fine supporting performance adds some spark and life to this offering, somewhat helping to make up for the deadpan and uncharacteristically disappointing portrayal by John David Washington. Clearly this is a film enamored with its own cleverness and gimmickry, but such qualities -- no matter how expert they might be -- can never compensate for the lack of a good narrative, something desperately missing from this overlong, underwhelming effort. About the only truly positive thing I can say about "Tenet" is that it looks good on a big screen, something viewers who really want to see it should do while it's still in theaters. (Oh, and by the way, I saw this one in a movie theater -- and lived to tell about it. Get over those fears already, folks.)… Expand

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BaldingsanOct 23, 2020

A diferencia de la mayoría de críticas negativas que está recibiendo esta película por su enrevesada trama, la cual parece ser demasiado para la mayoría, en mi caso no diría que es ese me problema, lo seguí bien el film durante las dos horasA diferencia de la mayoría de críticas negativas que está recibiendo esta película por su enrevesada trama, la cual parece ser demasiado para la mayoría, en mi caso no diría que es ese me problema, lo seguí bien el film durante las dos horas y media que dura.

Mi problema con Tenet es que entre tanta acción bombástica, espectáculo y adrenalina consigo quedarme somnoliento, entre bostezo y sollozo. Los personajes me dicen poco, de la mayoría no recuerdo ni el nombre (creo que el protagonista se llamaba El Protagonista), algunos de ellos tejen un auténtico melodrama. Salí del cine bastante frío e indiferente. La primera vez que me pasa con algo de Nolan, director al cual admiro. A ratos me entretuve, pero ya está, y para mí el cine tiene que darme algo de emoción, además de ideas y conceptos obtusos.… Expand

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eded9999Jan 2, 2021

I barely can get the plot right. Which make the first half really boring.
Also, i don't know why but all action scenes looks so sloppy and kind of censored.
The protagonist looks out of his league. Pattison and the blond girl totally eclipseI barely can get the plot right. Which make the first half really boring.
Also, i don't know why but all action scenes looks so sloppy and kind of censored.
The protagonist looks out of his league. Pattison and the blond girl totally eclipse him.

Definetilly one of the worst Nolan movies.… Expand

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Quiet_Spark87Feb 21, 2021

Made absolutely no sense to the point where it was actually impressive how little sense it made. There are a few explanations out there that do an okay job of clarifying it but most just seem to be trying to hammer a square peg in a roundMade absolutely no sense to the point where it was actually impressive how little sense it made. There are a few explanations out there that do an okay job of clarifying it but most just seem to be trying to hammer a square peg in a round hole rather than admit that there is really no sense to be made. That being said there are some really cool scenes in this just don’t expect a payoff where everything “clicks” because their isn’t one.… Expand

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KishiroWanJan 2, 2021

Sorry but even I like things like the David Lynch movies and I love the Dark show on Netflix, this movie I think is very pretentious and kind of snob. It was a really long movie with a footage that actually don't help the viewer toSorry but even I like things like the David Lynch movies and I love the Dark show on Netflix, this movie I think is very pretentious and kind of snob. It was a really long movie with a footage that actually don't help the viewer to understand the narrative and concepts of the movie. The protagonist continuously make logic leaps and leaves behind the viewers who don't understand how he reaches some knowledge that helps him to know what to do next. I don't understand the McGuffin and I don't care, I don't understand the motivation of the people who helps the bad guy, and on & on & on. I'm a fan of what Nolan did previously but this one don't reach the high level of quality from his previous movies.… Expand

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PersonaTimeSep 9, 2020

It felt like I was viewing a foreign film without subtitles in multiple areas of the film. After experiencing this film in an almost empty theater, I gotta say, my head started to hurt because of how much this film tried to inform theIt felt like I was viewing a foreign film without subtitles in multiple areas of the film. After experiencing this film in an almost empty theater, I gotta say, my head started to hurt because of how much this film tried to inform the audience of it's "Mechanics", and there was a point in the final act where I was all like "I don't know, and don't care who is who, I just want the resolution so that I can go home, and rest my head. So instead of writing a review the moment I got home, I tried to be respectful, and wait until the morning...well, it's morning, and my head is feeling revitalized, movie is still mediocre to me.… Expand

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ArsghaltSep 5, 2020

La complessità barocca della narrazione non sempre è indice di gradevolezza e bellezza, ma può diventare uno spiacevole virtuosismo.

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RonTurfordSep 27, 2020

I'm a Nolan fanboy but this was a real disappointment. It's not that the plot is 'complex', it's that the plot is simply underexplained. It's as if someone took a novel and threw away every 10th page: that's not a 'complex' novel, it's justI'm a Nolan fanboy but this was a real disappointment. It's not that the plot is 'complex', it's that the plot is simply underexplained. It's as if someone took a novel and threw away every 10th page: that's not a 'complex' novel, it's just a novel with essential stuff missing. That's Tenet. Great locations; great set pieces; but you don't really care what's happening because it's never clear why anything is happening.… Expand

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AsaDaltonNov 20, 2020

Christopher Nolan has created his most confusing and convoluted story yet. I am all for dialogue and exposition that I don't understand, as long as the characters in the story understand. Unfortunately, with Tenet, I didn't understandChristopher Nolan has created his most confusing and convoluted story yet. I am all for dialogue and exposition that I don't understand, as long as the characters in the story understand. Unfortunately, with Tenet, I didn't understand anything, and neither did the characters. Thankfully, the grand direction, flawless cinematography, and stunning special effects keep this film afloat. If you have no problem with being confused and having a two-hour long headache, this film is perfect for you.… Expand

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LonsparksDec 28, 2020

This story could be the story of a PS1-Game — and not a really good one. There is a fine line with Big Brain story and nonsense. The rhythm is not great, it remind mind of advertisement for parfumes when people are running one after the otherThis story could be the story of a PS1-Game — and not a really good one. There is a fine line with Big Brain story and nonsense. The rhythm is not great, it remind mind of advertisement for parfumes when people are running one after the other saying random BS.

The cinematography is fine with some beautiful landscapes and I acknowledge the final scene which is well-done in term of technicality.… Expand

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AkilanDec 17, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mind blowing band mind bending screenplay. I have to it requires lot of effort to make this a movie.… Expand

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flytrapDec 20, 2020

It seems like Nolan might have hidden a great one beneath illegible dialogue. Why mix a movie that heavily relies on dialogue so terribly? I was left with a completely unsatisfying experience leaving the theater.

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hossein_rajabiAug 2, 2021

Absolutely fantastic. Really a good simulation of moving in 4th dimension. But the movie seemed unfinished. Looking forward Tenet 2.

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MrGrapefruitDec 26, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had high expectations for this movie, but it turned out to be a big disappointment. Nolan is a highly meticulous director/writer (my favourite in fact) paying attention to the smallest details. Hence I find the many plot holes and faults in the storyline inexplicable. A few to mention: Why would Kat tell her family secrets to a complete stranger after talking with him for less than 5minutes? Why would they risk the mission to please an emotionally unstable Kats desire for vengeance. Sator would have died anyways (They only had to make sure he doesn't die before the algorithm is secured) Why are all locks and security systems so easy to breach(Oslo freeport, Stalsk-12) After being tightly surrounded by three trucks, the Estonian guards in the convoy still don't realise they are going to get ambushed. Why did the blue team had to fail preventing the explosion in the end? Blue team should have been the plan B in case Protagonist and Ives fails securing the algorithm. Why did Ives break the protocol in the end(no-one who knows the location of the algorithm can stay alive)? If Protagonist was the one who founded Tenet in the future why did he instruct Ives to kill themselves after securing the algorithm. How could he be sure that Ives gonna break the protocol? If Ives did obey the protocol and killed Protagonist, Tenet wouldn't have been founded in the future. Finally the cast:
Kat was annoying, she got too much airtime without an important role. The protagonist was bland. Sator was alright. Ives, Priya, Crosby and Mahir were good but they had small roles.
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jovincenJun 18, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was able to watch this movie through - which is why it gets a 5. I didn't like the start of the movie and only the 10/10 reviews on line stopped me from turning it off - maybe it gets better? The pacing was all off... Too much, too quickly.. guy hears about "inversion" and now everyone he talks to knows about it. The inversion concept was a cool idea but executed poorly... why do some parts happen backwards and others happen forwards? I can see all these reviews online 10/10 - if you don't like it you don't understand it - tripe. I am the protagonist and I can see what this movie was trying to do and it fails to deliver. If you can get past the first 45-60 minutes its easier to watch the rest.… Expand

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RGMoviePicksJul 5, 2021

Oh boy, this movie was a mess. Aided and abetted by thinly written characters, Golden Razzie worth Sound Mixing (although a razzie might be too kind of an award for the mixing), and a confusing and convoluted plot, Tenet is a train ride goneOh boy, this movie was a mess. Aided and abetted by thinly written characters, Golden Razzie worth Sound Mixing (although a razzie might be too kind of an award for the mixing), and a confusing and convoluted plot, Tenet is a train ride gone wrong every step of the way through, although its score, cinematography, production design, action, and visual effects are enough to keep anyone invested. With repeat viewings, this movie may become more clear, but I personally will never think it is better then other Nolan efforts like Inception or The Dark Knight… Expand

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liamexeMay 10, 2022

Too difficult to comprehend. There is no entertainment value here. Overrated. I attempted to keep watching but gave up since everything was becoming increasingly difficult to comprehend.

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pogelwoodcancerSep 9, 2020

Certainly Nolans most sloppy attempt at cinema yet. A retread of many of his old idea's shoehorned into a semi-intelectual gauntlet of reversed michael bay explosions. This film, more than any other in his recent stardom, makes me want to goCertainly Nolans most sloppy attempt at cinema yet. A retread of many of his old idea's shoehorned into a semi-intelectual gauntlet of reversed michael bay explosions. This film, more than any other in his recent stardom, makes me want to go back and watch Momento again. Because THAT film was both confusing AND good at explaining it.… Expand

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Nick-mistaMay 12, 2022

An underwhelming entry into a crowded film space where there are far better time travel concepts and executions. While core components of the time travel logic in this film are relatively novel and themselves interesting, this logic andAn underwhelming entry into a crowded film space where there are far better time travel concepts and executions. While core components of the time travel logic in this film are relatively novel and themselves interesting, this logic and foundation is completely cast aside at every point throughout the movie. I don't think I have ever watched a film that is more internally inconsistent with the in-universe rules it establishes. By all appearances the plot is held together solely by scenes brainstormed in the writing room around the idea of "cool things that could happen if time went backwards".

I can tolerate a film leaving me in the dark for a long period (even right till the very end if the plot warrants it), I also enjoys twists and concede many films improve with a second watch. However, I cannot tolerate a movie being so deliberately opaque in storytelling that at 90 minutes in the viewer still has no clue what is happening *and* never gets a decent explanation. These early acts do not instil curiosity and a desire for an answer, only frustration and confusion. This issue is only compounded by the inaudible dialogue that plagues most scenes. It's not clever storytelling to not give your audience any indication of what is going on in a story, it's contemptuous of their time, money and attention. The spectacle and novelty of the original concept are it's only saving graces. The performances are mostly underwhelming, the overall plot fairly uninspired and score passable. Your attention to detail and desire to understand the world and story will not be rewarded but mocked, if you are watching this based on trust in Nolan from his previous works he will make you regret it over an agonising two and a half hours. I do not reccomend this film.… Expand

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JumpbrickSep 11, 2020

There is some decent action, tension and the movie expectantly looks pretty good but this movie has less heart than a cardboard box.

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neolandesDec 18, 2020

It tries to be a cerebral thriller but ends up as an average tv film with an overblown budget.

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Kevdog33Sep 17, 2020

If your local theatre is struggling just spend money at the snack bar rather than buying a ticket for this. Mr. Nolan has a well established resume of some great films but this was nonsensical. I wasn't a fan of Inception but it was fare moreIf your local theatre is struggling just spend money at the snack bar rather than buying a ticket for this. Mr. Nolan has a well established resume of some great films but this was nonsensical. I wasn't a fan of Inception but it was fare more enjoyable. As in Inception when at various points in the film you need the actors to explain in some contrived way what is happening onscreen then something is amiss. I would run to see a Nolan directed Bond film because we would have some assurance that the Producers wouldn't allow for a complete waste of a 200 million dollar budget. This was not the case here and I saw it in Imax.… Expand

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miccaelSep 15, 2020

This is by far the worst movie I have seen by Christopher Nolan. Where do I begin? First, maybe let's turn down the music and sound please? My eardrums were being raped in some scenes of this movie thanks to horrible music editing and mixing.This is by far the worst movie I have seen by Christopher Nolan. Where do I begin? First, maybe let's turn down the music and sound please? My eardrums were being raped in some scenes of this movie thanks to horrible music editing and mixing. It's just too loud.
Next, what was the point of the first half ? I kept asking myself "what's going on? who is this?" and trying to understand the fast-paced dialogue between characters. Critics are praising the acting, I am sorry what? Acting is barely passable level, it's just bland and soulless. No emotional investment at all. Movie tries to explain time-reversing things and people and just fails at it. Bunch of characters are expositions and "you are looking for that guy/girl actually" transitions between dialogues. Compared to, let's say Interstellar or Inception, this movie is just boring and less interesting. There is less visual spectacle (apart from 2-3 scenes) and most of the time you don't understand what is going on. 2h 30 min feels like 4 hours, but ironically if it was 4 hours, probably would have had more explanations and reasons behind stuff that was happening. I saw this movie in theatre (In UK you can, with mask on). Out of 10 people on whole room, only 2 people said they liked it (I came with 5 others who I knew and asked other 4 what they thought). What a disaster.
Other than cinematography and actual non-CGI work put in to create this movie, I have nothing good to say. Really poor.… Expand

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KadirovFeb 9, 2021

Чёто Нолан совсем скатился. Сначала Дюнкерк, тепрь это. Не смог досмотреть до конца. Детская история про очередную сай фай йухню и борьбу со злом. Слишком много экшена, ноль эмоций.Чёто Нолан совсем скатился. Сначала Дюнкерк, тепрь это. Не смог досмотреть до конца. Детская история про очередную сай фай йухню и борьбу со злом. Слишком много экшена, ноль эмоций.

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snorkissJan 1, 2021

An unnecessarily convoluted script combined with a terrible sound-mix, dull protagonist and wacky special effects make this a film I wish I could go back in Time and never watch - 4 stars

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TonyyySep 6, 2020

Being ambitioned comes at the cost of that you might fail. In this case, I feel, Nolan has failed. While I like the general concept, it doesn't work for me. You could make a movie that's hard to follow along - if the pictures are nice, it canBeing ambitioned comes at the cost of that you might fail. In this case, I feel, Nolan has failed. While I like the general concept, it doesn't work for me. You could make a movie that's hard to follow along - if the pictures are nice, it can work. Or you could make a movie with poor cinematography and a great story - but in my opinion this film has neither of those. It is hard to follow, full of tropes. Military, machine gun, special agent, helicopter, yacht, beautiful woman, guy doing chin ups near the oilrig (that's a new one I guess) plutonium, end of tze world, nuvlear thread - no, just no. We've seen these ingredients too many times, they're boring as hell. A movie has to be satisfying because you care about the characters, you can follow the story, you are curious about how it ends - this film doesn't check any of these boxes. Would rate it lower but I know that many modern movies are even worse, so 4/10… Expand

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Mikey6080Sep 5, 2020

I wish that I could travel back 4 hours ago and tell my past self to not bother with this boring movie.

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JadedWingsNov 29, 2020

While i definately like the special effects that this film features, everything playing backwards. They are using it so much it becomes a part of the movie and not a special effect,
what the Matrix did right with bullet time, this movieWhile i definately like the special effects that this film features, everything playing backwards. They are using it so much it becomes a part of the movie and not a special effect,
what the Matrix did right with bullet time, this movie completely destroys the mystical backwards effect and trow it in your face like an over the top cake. I hate to see all movies with a pinch of action turn into action specticals, like if the audience doesn't allready know it's possible. Carefully injecting these special effects and pacing is a thing of the past, none of the modern movies can compete with the action movies of the past simple because a bunch of idiots can make movies these day, same goes for the writing process.… Expand

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bkk_knightSep 8, 2020

I found this film very difficult to follow. Right off the bat you are plunged into a scene where all kinds of confusing things happen, the dialogue is hidden behind the loud sound effects and soundtrack. And when they did speak, theyI found this film very difficult to follow. Right off the bat you are plunged into a scene where all kinds of confusing things happen, the dialogue is hidden behind the loud sound effects and soundtrack. And when they did speak, they muffled and mumbled their lines. I found the action sequences good, but that's all I'm afraid. I'm sure there is more depth to this film but not for me, I was frustrated at not being able to follow what the hell they were saying, and when they did speak clearly, it just didn't seem realistic in the setting. Besides that, there are so many things to try and understand, it just messes with your head. Don't waste your money, wait for the film on Netflix and watch it with subtitles, the cinematic experience ruins the dialogue.… Expand

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pwlSep 12, 2020

It's definitely lower than the 69 rating listed at the time of this posting, but that's a fun number given the concept of the film. It wasn't the best execution: the complex story became convoluted. The mixing is bafflingly subpar. It wasn'tIt's definitely lower than the 69 rating listed at the time of this posting, but that's a fun number given the concept of the film. It wasn't the best execution: the complex story became convoluted. The mixing is bafflingly subpar. It wasn't worth the ticket.… Expand

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LekiSpooshSep 13, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie has a cool and interesting concept, really fun to watch at the beginning, but the last hour of the movie is hard to track, it is not explained well and you can find yourself quite frequently in situations where you don't understand anything, and also the last battle where they have to army team, that is really bad scene because it is like 200 soldiers vs three bad guys, you just don't see bad guys in the final scenes, and it feels like they are just shooting in the air, all an all the movie have a cool concept but it was executed poorly.… Expand

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KakashisenOct 20, 2020

Did I just watch the same movie twice ? This is Nolan's worst film since 2006

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ColincNov 6, 2020

Nolan's ideas were always special, same for Tenet. He also manages to keep the heartbeat high and stable all through the film. But we can't find what destination the film want's us to reach.
We simply can't catch up the plot, and trust me,Nolan's ideas were always special, same for Tenet. He also manages to keep the heartbeat high and stable all through the film. But we can't find what destination the film want's us to reach.
We simply can't catch up the plot, and trust me, not in a fun way. Even though the idea's brand new, the scientific theory is overwhelmed with lack of structure.
The characterization is incomplete and the audience doesn't get to know the protagonist as much as it should.
I have to admit too much car action doesn't quite fit the film.
Apart from all I said, Christopher Nolan's perfect and unique style, is becoming quite a cliché after a decade from Inception.
However, Tenet is a movie worth at least watching once, but isn't what we expected from Nolan.… Expand

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GamerGeezusDec 11, 2020

Garbage movie. Nolan forgot how to make good movies and just shot a parody on himself.

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KowsiganDec 12, 2020

Tenet is overrated. Even if it understood in its first watch, then also it is nowhere near to #Inception and Interstellar movies. The screenplay is confusing, unclear and boring in some parts. The action scenes are good, especially planeTenet is overrated. Even if it understood in its first watch, then also it is nowhere near to #Inception and Interstellar movies. The screenplay is confusing, unclear and boring in some parts. The action scenes are good, especially plane crash & car chase scenes. The most pseudo intelluels who claim they understood the movie in first watch aren't true. After watching the movie, they read the movie explanation fully and then liked the movie. But if we are honest, then we knew that the movie is not much good while watching first time. My rating - 4/10… Expand

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EdayDec 15, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good twist on a cool espionage like movie. Not his best work mainly because it made no sense at all. The movie would like you to feel it has purpose yet it takes a very deterministic view of reality. Why invert after the missions complete? If you’re having a briefing an hour after the event and everyone isn’t dead then doesn’t that mean it succeeded? Therefore, why invert at all. If what’s going to happen happens then there’s no free will. I didn’t see the connection between Kat and the protagonist. I woulda just let her die tbh. The characters had no solid connections that made you root one way or another. Besides all the plot holes it was visually entertaining at times. However, the story will leave you wondering wtf was the point of the movie?… Expand

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snallegubFeb 24, 2021

One of the worst big budget movies I have ever seen. Anybody who says that they know what is going on in this is purely lying. The last action scene is a complete mess. Probably was hard to film etc... but who cares the movie has zeroOne of the worst big budget movies I have ever seen. Anybody who says that they know what is going on in this is purely lying. The last action scene is a complete mess. Probably was hard to film etc... but who cares the movie has zero interesting characters and the plot is a complete mess. Finally LOL at the pg-13 rating. I mean they can show man beating his wife or threatening him beating her with a belt and other stuff but that is ok as long as you don't swear and show no blood. Do not waste your time on this film it is easily Nolans worst.… Expand

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SDFismeApr 7, 2021

This film, in every sense of the word, is annoying. Woefully miscast and abysmally directed. The film however uses music to amazingly control and guide the audience through the film. However, Kenneth Branagh's performance was brilliant andThis film, in every sense of the word, is annoying. Woefully miscast and abysmally directed. The film however uses music to amazingly control and guide the audience through the film. However, Kenneth Branagh's performance was brilliant and the cinematography was intoxicating. The plot of the movie though is unnecessarily complicated. Bottom line: Nolan has done and can do much better.… Expand

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Blonde101Jul 24, 2023

Currently hitting the movie screens with "Oppenheimer", one has to be curious about Christopher Nolan's "Tenet", which came out during a global Pandemic. Kudos for daring the big release. Cinematography is stunning, as are the locations. CastCurrently hitting the movie screens with "Oppenheimer", one has to be curious about Christopher Nolan's "Tenet", which came out during a global Pandemic. Kudos for daring the big release. Cinematography is stunning, as are the locations. Cast & Crew surely had fun shooting this blockbuster. Some elements, booming massive dramatic sound, confusing timelines, fast forward and review remind of earlier work. (explicitly not Robert Zemeckis "Back to the Future") Alex von Roon had enjoyed "Memento" of sorts back in the day & met some of the brains behind it in person. Over time "Memento" has riped like a good wine. German dubbing was a bit rough with many phony accents which mad the lines partly hard to decipher. Kenneth Branagh is fun to watch as is former vampire heart-throb Robert Pattinson and the lead. Von Roon, currently on strike with SAGAFTRA, wonders, which Algorithm will compare the movies of Nolan and Michael Haneke.… Expand

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JonDocDec 11, 2020

“What is this movie about? How is she still alive? She just got shot six times. What just happened? Who is the bad guy? Are they the bad guys? Is this about time travel? Or the reversal of time? Why is he wearing a mask? Is this about COVID?“What is this movie about? How is she still alive? She just got shot six times. What just happened? Who is the bad guy? Are they the bad guys? Is this about time travel? Or the reversal of time? Why is he wearing a mask? Is this about COVID? Why is he fighting himself? This movie is even more confusing than Inception. “

These are just some of the actual comments I heard while watching Tenet -Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster - a very clever, confusing and deeply frustrating film - perhaps the perfect movie for the madness and disappointment that is 2020. An expensive, very high concept testament to the clout Nolan currently carries in Hollywood right now since he’s allowed to make high brow blockbusters. Cue British accent “I know, let’s make a $250m movie and run the whole 2 and a half hours in reverse.’ The editor must be like WTF?
Nolan is a genius. Too clever me. Maybe I’ll enjoy this more on a second viewing, but is that a sign of a good movie? One that leaves the vast majority of the audience confused? Clarity of narration is key to enjoyability. Washington and Branagh’s performances are brilliant but, can we all fast forward to the future please! Roll on 2021 so we can watch the all the proper blockbusters that got deferred. (On the big screen as Nolan rightly says)… Expand

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s053714Dec 22, 2020

The people who liked this movie must be smarter than me. The plot is confusing, the characters are confusing, the dialog is confusing and even the time frame is confusing. I never understood what was going on, or why, or even when. I don'tThe people who liked this movie must be smarter than me. The plot is confusing, the characters are confusing, the dialog is confusing and even the time frame is confusing. I never understood what was going on, or why, or even when. I don't understand why Nolan is considered such a great director. Even the action scenes, with a lot of sound and fury, weren't very believable. The central concept of inversion was never really explained.… Expand

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JonnieZDec 25, 2020

It's like actors were directed to be as bored as possible though the endless dialogue.

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ScienceAdvisorDec 21, 2020

To mis-quote someone that gave this a 10, "If you do not understand it" then it does not mean it is due to this material being so intelligent that it is beyond you. Instead you are most likely not understanding it because it is wrong or aTo mis-quote someone that gave this a 10, "If you do not understand it" then it does not mean it is due to this material being so intelligent that it is beyond you. Instead you are most likely not understanding it because it is wrong or a mess of a script/edit. If time is reversed for you, then you exhale Oxygen and breath in Carbon Dixoxide. You do not need "special air". Also, driving a front wheel drive car backwards means you loose all the fine control as it is an actuated rear-wheel (front of car is pointing to the rear) drive vehicle. So weaving in and out of traffic would have you bouncing off cars half the time. Also a bullet fired in reverse does the same amount of damage, as it causes the same hole. Luckily most of the movie is spent in forwards, so it is somewhat enjoyable. Of course the whole thing breaks down when you ask why the bad guy did not know what was coming, considering he is getting messages from the future.… Expand

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teatomAug 17, 2021

The dialogue in Tenet is much like the positive reviews for the movie; So desperate to offer insight, and meaning, that they go on for twice as long as they should, only to find they have still said nothing worth hearing.
Unfortunately, TenetThe dialogue in Tenet is much like the positive reviews for the movie; So desperate to offer insight, and meaning, that they go on for twice as long as they should, only to find they have still said nothing worth hearing.
Unfortunately, Tenet is mostly empty dialogue, from start to finish. There's a small, interesting idea here. 'Your perspective on time is just one, of many, here, let Nolan show you more.'
It's not unlike, 'what if people could enter and alter your dream? Let Nolan show you more.'
The major difference, here, between Tenet and Inception, is that Inception was a finished script, doubtlessly re-written many times, to ensure it's both legible and fun, all the way through. Tenet has not had even a first of second pass. It has not had a good writer come along and say "Hey, Chris, why are you telling instead of showing. This is boring. Let's start again, without all the exposition that goes nowhere and try and craft a more interesting story around your central concept."
The entire movie feels like Nolan is stuck, writing page, after page, after page of exposition, to try and explain the story to an editor or producer, but they just got so bored, they turned around and said **** it, yeah, sounds great, Chris, do that, I trust you."
The result is massively bad.
Beyond bad, in fact, as it's the first unwatchable film Chris Nolan has made, which makes it disappointing, too. We can only blame ourselves. We thought he was incapable of making a bad movie, just as the studio clearly did, when they let him go ahead with such a poor screenplay.
The truth, of course, is never that complicated.
Sometimes people waffle and don't produce anything worth hearing, no matter who they are.… Expand

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doughnutsfanSep 8, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie is a pretentious, exposition heavy mess, it throws around terms like plutonium and algorithm just to seem complicated, but it's quite simple and unoriginal, John David Washington is a great actor and exudes charisma, but his character and the entire cast are undercooked in typical Nolan fashion, the female lead is a tired, boring caricature, and even the actress's performance cannot salvage the role, another underwhelming Nolan flick, though not as bad as the inception… Expand

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MindSleep2Sep 16, 2020

The film is beautiful, well shot, with a great musical and interesting idea. Pattison is gorgeous as always. But there are 2 huge ones, but why this film is terribly bad - the plot is built on absurdity, the indestructibility of an artifact,The film is beautiful, well shot, with a great musical and interesting idea. Pattison is gorgeous as always. But there are 2 huge ones, but why this film is terribly bad - the plot is built on absurdity, the indestructibility of an artifact, like in some kind of fantasy, and for the majority the narration is so complex that they just leave the hall in the middle.… Expand

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ReviewUsernameSep 3, 2020

People left the theater periodically after the first hour. Tenet has a confusing and boring story line that only pays off if you actually know what's happening. Unfortunately, the movie likely lost your attention within the first 15 minutesPeople left the theater periodically after the first hour. Tenet has a confusing and boring story line that only pays off if you actually know what's happening. Unfortunately, the movie likely lost your attention within the first 15 minutes and you're left trying to come up with more exciting things to think about while a bunch of arbitrary action scenes play out before you. Struggle to pay attention and appreciate whatever payoff the ending has to offer or watch something else.… Expand

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GlassoSep 3, 2020

I see that a lot of Nolan fanboys are trying to knock any criticism saying that "Oh that's 'cos you didn't understand it". Oh what rubbish. I'm a fan of most of Nolan's work (Dunkirk is a masterpiece) but this I found to be an unsatisfyingI see that a lot of Nolan fanboys are trying to knock any criticism saying that "Oh that's 'cos you didn't understand it". Oh what rubbish. I'm a fan of most of Nolan's work (Dunkirk is a masterpiece) but this I found to be an unsatisfying and cold movie. Firstly the pacing was all wrong with no establishment work done on the different locations, just a frenetic rush from one set-piece to another after the laboured exposition hour is out of the way! The set pieces themselves, aside from the opening one were the opposite of immersive, the biggest fault I found with the movie. They should deepen the magic of the cinema transfix-ion experience, not break the spell. The inversion gimmick felt derivative and just not as good as Nolan thinks it is - certainly not enough to hang the whole movie off of. It's a high-concept fail in this case unfortunately. Three out of Ten-et. I fear that Nolan may have peaked and is in decline. It's really about time that he called time on the theme of time, at this time.… Expand

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kirkenderDec 16, 2020

Tenet is real bad. It is actually a very straightforward James Bond style action movie, but instead of one-liners and sex scenes we have a half-boiled attempt to explain entropy and time-inversion. John David Washington is wonderful, evenTenet is real bad. It is actually a very straightforward James Bond style action movie, but instead of one-liners and sex scenes we have a half-boiled attempt to explain entropy and time-inversion. John David Washington is wonderful, even though his character is a blank slate. Robert Pattinson is great, even though he's mostly just a plot device. Kenneth Branagh chews the scenery as usual, and his 'russian' accent is inconsistent and silly. Elizabeth Debicki is great, it's too bad she was written as an empty shell who only speaks in relation to her husband and son. The music is well done, if a little heavy handed especially when attempting to build tension. Tenet is 2 1/2 hours long and is crazy boring, the actual time bending fun happens at 1 1/2 hours and by that point I was so stir crazy it was underwhelming. The gimmick of it being mirrored is a fun idea that's been done better in literature and other actual sci-fi. It's all a big waste of time and is a dumb movie that poses as being smart.… Expand

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fnkrjnkieSep 14, 2020

Saw this in a brand new theater that is less then a year old. Paid the premium ticket price to see it in AVX and I struggled to make out a single thing the characters were saying 70% of the movie. Tenet was by far the most frustrating movieSaw this in a brand new theater that is less then a year old. Paid the premium ticket price to see it in AVX and I struggled to make out a single thing the characters were saying 70% of the movie. Tenet was by far the most frustrating movie experience I have ever had at a movie. I struggled to pick up what characters were saying all the time. It took me right out of the movie and just left me frustrated. Based on what I saw regardless... the movie seemed dumb anyways. That final battle looked like someone's Tik Tok battle creation LOL… Expand

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wesseldjDec 26, 2020

If you ever have watched the 2003 indie movie "The Room" then you know that that movie was labeled as one of the worst films ever made. However it was said by the actor and director of the movie himself, Tom Wiseau, that the movie wasIf you ever have watched the 2003 indie movie "The Room" then you know that that movie was labeled as one of the worst films ever made. However it was said by the actor and director of the movie himself, Tom Wiseau, that the movie was intended to be black humor, hinting that the awkward dialogues and bad acting were put there deliberately to create confusion and was not meant to be taken seriously.

TENET felt like such a movie. But what worries me the most is that TENET was probably in fact a serious attempt at being a pretentious movie. The plot and dialogue were absolute nonsensical that it slowly became comedic, were it not that Nolan intentions probably was to make an intelligent movie, however done it so that it was deceiving and played games with the audience perception, but underestimated the intellect of the audience, meaning you cannot cover up nonsensical plotlines with confusing dialogues. Now I am all for absurd dialogues in the style of maybe like Quentin Tarantino's movies, but it needs to be executed smartly, not randomly.

Therefore as a deliberate black comedy, I would have given this movie a 9, if it was intended that way, but I think not. So I give it 3 stars and this movie might end up in the list as one of the worst films ever made next to "The Room"....… Expand

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ApadfaszaDec 5, 2020

Utter trash. Bad acting. Had to turn movie off at the half it was so bad. Small-frame BLM-star protagonist is beating large bodyguards in a strange gravity-free mass-free Movie world. Story is junk. Christopher Nolan is probably getting earlyUtter trash. Bad acting. Had to turn movie off at the half it was so bad. Small-frame BLM-star protagonist is beating large bodyguards in a strange gravity-free mass-free Movie world. Story is junk. Christopher Nolan is probably getting early dementia a sure sign for inventing such a trash idea.… Expand

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ButtnessJul 19, 2021

I shouldn't have to tell myself to 'be patient for the story to come together' in the final absurd act

I don't WANT to have to watch it again

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InsipidDec 19, 2020

While I didn't have any issue following the plot like many others had complained about, I felt that the convoluted time inversion plot was just a convenient excuse for the action sequences. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy the action sequences,While I didn't have any issue following the plot like many others had complained about, I felt that the convoluted time inversion plot was just a convenient excuse for the action sequences. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy the action sequences, which were jarring and disconnected. The characters ultimately felt soulless, like cut out caricatures. Absolutely no emotional connection between the actors and with the audience. Sadly, just an unenjoyable spectacle of a movie.… Expand

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fanfan777Nov 22, 2020

I decided to give it 3 stars thanks to the score, which, even though it wasn’t Zimmer’s, I personally absolutely loved. I don’t think the film would go far without it, as the plot seems overstretched, overcrowded with unbelievableI decided to give it 3 stars thanks to the score, which, even though it wasn’t Zimmer’s, I personally absolutely loved. I don’t think the film would go far without it, as the plot seems overstretched, overcrowded with unbelievable explanations apparently based on Quantum physics mentioned a couple of times, but nothing really seems to add up. The theory of Inverted Mouvements in the film is just not supported by what we undeserving and then see. Typical, action packed Hollywood film, packed with stereotypes; it actually seems like a propaganda film that further pushes our society into polarization and glorifies cultural ignorance. “It’s a Cold War, cold as ICE. “ Wow.that’s BIG...… Expand

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KimsDec 7, 2020

Very weak plot, gave it a 3 for the visual effects.
Could not empathise with any of the characters.
Very ovverated movie.

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NikannajariDec 18, 2020

Very bad film of nolan and This movie is not a waste of time And I think Nolan himself did not understand what he had made

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TheWARLAMDec 27, 2020

Ktoś sobie wymiślił nowe zasady fizyki...
Mało co trzyma się w tym filmie kupy.
Jakby scenarzysta nigdy nie czytał o fantastyce czasu tylko wysłuchał kilku fanów i na podstawie tego ułożył sobie zasady panujące w filmie.

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NoneAvailableJul 25, 2022

I watched this movie to cool off my head while programming. I'm glad Nolan doesn't work in the software industry.

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CritiksJan 1, 2021

I wish I could Travel time and save myself from this awful film. Good and clever use of special effects but let down by an overly confusing and boring plot.

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adeelisyoursJan 3, 2021

Headache, painful and timeline after timeline. I had to play reverse to see action sequences in this film. Extremely over rated movie.

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robbyreviewsJan 5, 2021

Terrible movie. It's amazing how you can have such simple plot with such a complex movie. I absolutely love Nolan and his movies but this one just isn't it. He tries way too hard to be complex and it just gets to the point where you and theTerrible movie. It's amazing how you can have such simple plot with such a complex movie. I absolutely love Nolan and his movies but this one just isn't it. He tries way too hard to be complex and it just gets to the point where you and the "protagonist" don't even know what is going on. There is zero connection to any character which is bad for a 2 hour+ movie. You have no care for what happens or what is happening. Will not watch again. Good for action scenes though. Stay away if you can.… Expand

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esvatorJan 22, 2021

As a huge Nolan fan this movie was more then disappointing for me. It feels like he felt under pressure for exceeding the mind changing movies he made before and has taken it too far. Just to much.. way to much. The basic idea isn't to badAs a huge Nolan fan this movie was more then disappointing for me. It feels like he felt under pressure for exceeding the mind changing movies he made before and has taken it too far. Just to much.. way to much. The basic idea isn't to bad but it was rather an pitynlgy head shaking than an incredulously fascinated one.
No bond with the characters arises, they act not traceable and the dialogues were also bad. Also the music is way better in his other movies. Only positive point I can find here is for the image-rich action scenes, but thats not enough in 2020. Too bad, I was very hyped.… Expand

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FearinatorMay 8, 2021

Not a lot to like about this movie... undoubtedly Nolan’s worst. It’s not as complicated as everyone says... it’s just a stupid concept. Robert Pattinson saves it, who knew the Twilight kid could act!? The worst part is the audio... I have noNot a lot to like about this movie... undoubtedly Nolan’s worst. It’s not as complicated as everyone says... it’s just a stupid concept. Robert Pattinson saves it, who knew the Twilight kid could act!? The worst part is the audio... I have no idea what they were trying to achieve but you can never hear what anyone is saying. Skip this movie, it’s a huge waste of 3 hours.… Expand

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sagan_paganJun 19, 2021

Один из самых худших фильмов, который я когда-либо смотрел. Ужасные диалоги, запутанный сюжет в виде пустышки, который существует только лишь для того, чтобы создать впечатление чего-то "умного". Собственно, типичный фильм Нолана. ПохвалитьОдин из самых худших фильмов, который я когда-либо смотрел. Ужасные диалоги, запутанный сюжет в виде пустышки, который существует только лишь для того, чтобы создать впечатление чего-то "умного". Собственно, типичный фильм Нолана. Похвалить можно лишь визуал и техническое исполнение.… Expand

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gargouille29Jul 15, 2021

I hated this movie! Boring all the way through.
I can't believe the guy who made Dunkirk (an absolute masterpiece) made this. Bad story, bad editing, bad musical score. Scene after scene of bad dialogue that explains absolutely nothing! TheI hated this movie! Boring all the way through.
I can't believe the guy who made Dunkirk (an absolute masterpiece) made this. Bad story, bad editing, bad musical score. Scene after scene of bad dialogue that explains absolutely nothing! The special effects are great and the actors do their best. Especially Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki. John David Washington is a bad leading man, very boring to watch.… Expand

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tdebugMar 1, 2021

Someone was so excited about the idea of reverse time, he forgot to add reasonable amount of plot. I like Nolan movies, but Tenet is just bad movie, with a plot written on a hurry. Some characters are simply moronic with almost laughableSomeone was so excited about the idea of reverse time, he forgot to add reasonable amount of plot. I like Nolan movies, but Tenet is just bad movie, with a plot written on a hurry. Some characters are simply moronic with almost laughable speeches. I would say if some episode of Winnie-the-Pooh would be made, with all those serious we-are-saving-the-world faces and eerie music it would have been much better already.… Expand

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whalepuddingMay 14, 2021

Pretentious, convoluted, nonsensical garbage, where only about 40% of dialogue can actually be heard. Stylistically, the movie looks great, but that's pretty much it. No character development, no explanation on what the hell is actually goingPretentious, convoluted, nonsensical garbage, where only about 40% of dialogue can actually be heard. Stylistically, the movie looks great, but that's pretty much it. No character development, no explanation on what the hell is actually going on. They just move from location to location to person to person as if it's a cutsceen from a video game.… Expand

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Paul10Sep 6, 2020

The idea of the movie seemed nice enough but the movie itself turned out to be terrible. I do not understand all the good reviews. In my opinion it is just another boring action movie. The story is unnecessary confusing and hectic. TheThe idea of the movie seemed nice enough but the movie itself turned out to be terrible. I do not understand all the good reviews. In my opinion it is just another boring action movie. The story is unnecessary confusing and hectic. The dialogues and the characters are flat. After watching the movie you do not even remember the names of the characters because you simply do not care. Some of the visuals and effects are nice but the amount of explosions can not hide the bad storytelling. Overall, in my opinion the movie was not worth the money. Best about the cinema visit was the popcorn.… Expand

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raporgiSep 3, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An embarrassing exercise in self-indulgence. 90% of the dialogue is exposition. The characters don't talk like people at all. Script felt rough and hastily put together. The ideas are forced to the point of cringe. Action sequences are awkward as is the norm in noylan's other movies. It's too self-impressed and tiltilated by its own cleverness. It's just not enjoyable to watch. Nolan is a hack. The Emperor has no clothes. I couldn't care less abt the characters. The premise is frankly incredibly stupid. Good luck understanding the dialog. Sound mix is all over the place coupled with the most annoying soundtrack since inception. Nolan is a sick mentally disturbed individual.… Expand

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Nobilis1984Sep 5, 2020

Now a serious question. What's great about that? I saw him for 10 minutes and was already bored. Yes the stunts and effects are well done. But what kind of lame production is that? The dialogues don't add anything just suspense or story.
AsNow a serious question. What's great about that? I saw him for 10 minutes and was already bored. Yes the stunts and effects are well done. But what kind of lame production is that? The dialogues don't add anything just suspense or story.
As an audio book it would be a recommendation but as a film it would be a total failure.… Expand

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jcasetnlFeb 7, 2022

I watch a lot of bad films - the kind MST3K/Rifftrax will use as fodder, and I've quit many of those before the end, but nothing so highly produced and beautifully shot as TENET. That's how bad it was in every single other way to alienate me.I watch a lot of bad films - the kind MST3K/Rifftrax will use as fodder, and I've quit many of those before the end, but nothing so highly produced and beautifully shot as TENET. That's how bad it was in every single other way to alienate me. It's unapologetically confusing, and as usual, some people conflate that with "challenging". No, MOMENTO was challenging. This is just a mess. Tenet's plot, dialog and character motivations feel like Nolan grabbed a fistful of those poetry magnets and hurled them at the refrigerator door. Whatever stuck is what's on the screen. It's loud and bombastic. Sometimes in amazing ways and unacceptable in other ways. I don't need to go into the dialog - you've already heard the complaints - but it's as bad as you've read. Don't guess, don't try. Just turn on the subtitles if you're convinced you absolutely must see this terrible way to spend 200 million dollars.

The action scenes all suck because it looks like literally any other action movie when you press the Rewind button on your remote. This was a cute gimmick when I was 5 and playing with the VCR. How Nolan thought this cheap, B-movie "special effect" was appropriate for a film of this scale is just mind-boggling. It caused me to completely check out of most of the action scenes, especially when you consider if you can go back in time knowing exactly how the future will play out, you could mount attacks millimeters from your enemies. You could mount attacks INSIDE their bodies that will appear out of time in the right moments. So Nolan, who has a rep for science fiction which is scientifically-plausible, used a cheap gimmick which doesn't even stand up to the most basic scrutiny. The cardboard cutouts...er... characters are beautiful but empty. Like a collection of NPCs in a video game. Their dialog feels like it was written by a dollar store AI. You don't get to know the characters and you don't even feel anything about them. They're so wooden and mechanical they contribute to how this film does everything in its power to not immerse you.

I decided to just gut it out to the end, but with half an hour to go, I was thoroughly bored. At least when a dialog-heavy drama bores you to tears they'll at least lull you to sleep. Tenet simultaneously makes you crave a long nap but it's bombastic audio and explosions don't allow it. It's almost like a kind of sleep torture.

Fanboys are trying desperately to extract something transcendent and so genius that only watching it 12 times begins to reveal it. When Nolan's own fans have to mentally water torture themselves to appreciate this film, you know there's trouble.

Hopefully, the time travel mcguffin at the center of TENET will one day exist so we can all go back in time and warn our past sells to stay the hell away from this time turkey.… Expand

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psyberdelicJul 3, 2021

It's all about the gimmick. Inverted entropy??? The villain wants to wipe out the world so it can start over. Been there done that. So, let's ignore the fact that this story has been told a thousand times and make it all fresh by runningIt's all about the gimmick. Inverted entropy??? The villain wants to wipe out the world so it can start over. Been there done that. So, let's ignore the fact that this story has been told a thousand times and make it all fresh by running the film backwards. The gimmick doesn't make up for a tired story. And Kenneth Branagh makes a crappy villain. Not worth the $1.90 from Redbox.… Expand

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greedoinaspeedoDec 19, 2020

Big Christopher Nolan fan here. Really didn't enjoy this. I found the whole exercise to be a tiresome, nonsensical slog. As a huge fan of science fiction film and literature, I'm always excited to see a new take on the genre. I'm not one ofBig Christopher Nolan fan here. Really didn't enjoy this. I found the whole exercise to be a tiresome, nonsensical slog. As a huge fan of science fiction film and literature, I'm always excited to see a new take on the genre. I'm not one of the science fiction fans who dislikes anything fantastical or not 'hard sci-fi', in fact, some of those are my favorites. This however, takes nonsense to the next level. Its certainly a unique concept, but the headiness it proports itself to have is a mirage. In reality, the story is just a vehicle for a gimmick with some cool visual tricks, and it doesn't have the requisite internal logic to suspend disbelief in the slightest. This adds up to an extremely frustrating experience, which makes sense only on the most surface of levels, and takes itself dreadfully serious. If you peel back that surface level only a bit, you find a menagerie of convoluted **** that makes no sense whatsoever. It's as if they tried to hide how nonsensical the entire concept was, by making it all extra convoluted.

There's a pointed line of dialogue aimed at audience members who realize it doesn't make a lick of sense, "Don't try to understand it. Feel it." Well, to me, this FELT like a half-baked and lazily contrived film which should have spent another few years being properly conceptualized in the writer's room.

It's an extremely boring and frustrating experience, and I expected more.… Expand

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ThomassMar 14, 2021

Hey gang this movie borders on the ridiculous. The acting is fine but the story is silly, incomprehensible and way way way too long! My friend and I actually turned it off after 2 hours . I liked INCEPTION but I could follow that and it made sense.

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ruizmigangSep 15, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pretentious, silly, and boring to the point where I no longer cared what was happening.
It is just too outlandish, too incredible. Accepting time-travel in reverse is just a suspension of disbelief too far for me. It seems silly, stupid, and ridiculous how easily they do it. And boring.
I must admit I am a fan of Sci-Fi, but not of Time-travel. However, that is not the whole reason I didn't like this film as I have enjoyed some time-travel movies like Deja Vu (which I re-watched recently), Edge of Tomorrow, or Memento (or even the Terminator franchise).
And, no, I didn't like Insterstellar either, but I didn't dislike it as much as this one.… Expand

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Bertaut1Sep 30, 2020

An aesthetic showcase that's uninterested in human beings (and what does Christopher Nolan have against decent sound mixing?)

In Tenet, Christopher Nolan is again examining the vagaries of time, a theme that's front and centre in much of hisAn aesthetic showcase that's uninterested in human beings (and what does Christopher Nolan have against decent sound mixing?)

In Tenet, Christopher Nolan is again examining the vagaries of time, a theme that's front and centre in much of his previous work. It's undeniably fascinating to see a tent pole Hollywood production engaging with issues such as entropy, thermodynamics, reversibility and irreversibility, the grandfather paradox, and T-symmetry, but the film's main problems are more fundamental, existing almost entirely at a structural level (although some of the performances don't help, nor does the abysmal sound mixing). It looks incredible and the practical effects in the action scenes are extraordinary, but there's nothing of note under the shiny veneer. It's a film with no interest in human beings.

The plot is straightforward in outline. We follow a CIA operative known as The Protagonist (John David Washington) as he is recruited into an ultra-secret international espionage squad called Tenet. His mission is simple – at some point in the future, someone has figured out how to reverse the entropy of objects, effectively being able to send them back along the timeline without having to reverse time itself. The implications of this are catastrophic and have set humanity on course for World War III, unless The Protagonist can figure out who is doing it and put a stop to their machinations.

Tenet is an event movie in every way; this 150-minute, $200m+ original idea is a massive studio tent pole written and directed by the most popular filmmaker alive. And I will say this, the budget is on the screen. No small amount of that money, of course, went on the practical effects (incredibly, there are only 280 VFX shots) – whether it be bungee-jumping onto the side of a building, a close-quarters fight where one of the combatants moves in reverse, a Boeing 747 jet crashing into a building, a highway chase where some of the cars are going forward in time and others are going backwards, or an all-out battle scene where, again, some of the soldiers travel forward whilst others move in reverse.

Along the same lines, the cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema is stunning, as he mixes 15-perf 70mm IMAX film with traditional 70mm stock and a few 35mm sequences in a manner where the shifts in aspect ratio are barely noticeable. It's the kind of film that could only exist in the medium of cinema – no other artform could even begin to approximate its aesthetic design and splendour. A celluloid purist, Nolan has always made a big stink about the artistic importance of cinema, and Tenet finds him pushing the aesthetic boundaries of what the artform can accomplish.

Unfortunately, no matter how visually unique or aesthetically impressive it may be, no amount of gloss can hide the fact that the screenplay suffers from some fundamental problems – most notably, it's bereft of emotion and populated with cardboard cut-outs that are supposed to be characters. The Protagonist isn't a person with an interiority; he's a cypher, the audience's surrogate so that Nolan can explain the plot to us. He's emotionless, void of relatable motivation, has no psychological through-line, and nothing even resembling a character arc. As for Kenneth Branagh as Russian oligarch Andrei Sator, he might be the most cliched Russian villain ever put on screen. He isn't a person – he's a collection of near-satirical tics, clichés, and elements from other, better films.

As Kat, Sator's trophy wife, Elizabeth Debicki fairs better, but her role is still poorly written. A common criticism of Nolan's filmography is that his female characters tend to be victims. I'm not saying that Nolan is obliged to write more rounded female characters. Much like Michael Mann, Nolan's films are androcentric. And there's nothing wrong with that. However, in Mann, there are strong female characters with considerable agency, whereas in Tenet, Kat is nothing more than a pawn who's defined almost entirely in terms of her role as a self-sacrificing mother.

At one point early in the film, The Protagonist is told "don't try to understand it, just feel it", which is advice that Nolan is also offering to his audience. The problem is that there's nothing to feel. Unlike Memento (which remains Nolan's best by a long way), which packed a seriously emotional gut-punch when we learn what's at the heart of the puzzle, Tenet offers us nothing more than the task of deciphering it for its own sake. There's no payoff, nothing to make us want to penetrate a story uninterested in depicting real people or real emotional stakes. More enamoured by the complexity of its own design than by any of the people contained within, it's an emotional void – all technical virtuosity and surface sheen with nothing at its core.… Expand

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Shepard_209Sep 4, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie barely makes an effort to explain the massive quantities of incoherences and potential plot holes by smothering key explanation scenes with metaphors and perplexing dialogues. The dialogues are in fact extremely unrealistic and almost "shakespearean" at times. Even after watching it multiple times and reading variois explanations, it is still full of plot holes and nonsense. I really think nolan exagerated this time… Expand

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MrSaltieCroc2ODec 8, 2020

Would have probably been good but had to leave the cinema because the sound editors were on crack and i could not hear the dialogue over the music or literally everything over the explosions. Sorry nolan, i don’t blame you for this one, but iWould have probably been good but had to leave the cinema because the sound editors were on crack and i could not hear the dialogue over the music or literally everything over the explosions. Sorry nolan, i don’t blame you for this one, but i have to give this one a 3/10.… Expand

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InstantkrmaSep 5, 2020

(((This is probably the dumbest movie I seen in a long time!))) I actually like some of Nolan's movies, but this one is terrible. This movies premise is fine, and under the right direction would have been as good as Inception. However, Nolan(((This is probably the dumbest movie I seen in a long time!))) I actually like some of Nolan's movies, but this one is terrible. This movies premise is fine, and under the right direction would have been as good as Inception. However, Nolan directed this movie like he was on Speed! That's a fact. A lot of fast pass incoherent scenes I will definitely have to see again just to understand that the movie really is incoherent not me. Whew!!! And I thought I was on a bad trip, nope its just Nolan. What I liked: 1. Hard concepts being thrown at the audience like they know what's going on. Call me a snob but I am up for a challenge. I don't appreciate easy dumbed down material. Besides we are in an internet age, people should be willing to look these things up. Its not like it wouldn't take more than ten seconds. Just saying! 2. It is a well acted movie despite the dumb dialog, and objectional ways characters plod on with minute character development. What I don't like: 1. Over the top convoluted plot with many working parts, but no payoff. I think if the action, events and storyline was simplified we would have had a better understanding of what was going on. To go here and there for a McGuffin was rather stupid, or to chase McGuffin to meet a character did not work for me. Seems like busy work. 2. Characters appear cold because we don't know them or care for them. The only character that seemed fleshed out was the billionaires wife (I don't remember her name proven my point). If Nolan did the same for others it would have been more tolerable a movie. Nolan does not give his main character a name, but a title. Not a good idea, its smug! 3. Motivations and plot holes that make no sense. There is a lot of them and makes this movie seem messy and chaotic. There is a scene where I don't understand why character are at this place that they are suppose to be. It's just writing into story so characters can have temporal encounters and have a cool looking scene. Its like the editor needed to cut the scene but kept it in movie. 4. Fowards/ backwards running, walking, or battling was cringe! In other words it like rewinding a movie while having other characters fight the tide. Stupid! The the whole movie is this. Here is my solution one group stays in current universe, one goes into another past universe only during temporal disturbances do they see each other, interact, or objects get moved or disappear. Yeah, it would have been a lot of ghosting going on, but it would have been fun. I think Interstellar had scenes like that, and did the storyline collapse, no! 6. Exposition men! Nolan does this alot! Characters that are there to explain stories are lame. But characters that are there to explain concepts and story at warp speed, are....still lame. Imagine someone came off the street and explained Einstein's Theory of relativity in two minutes then expected you to write a paper on it. That is the way this movie feels. And no, I do understand this movie, that's the problem 6. The dialog is unrealistic, no one talks like they do, there is a lot of cliché dialog, might I add some of it was very cringe for an cerebral movie like this. It takes you out of the movie. 7. This movie is very task oriented so much so it brings to mind Olympic relay racing one runner passes off the torch to the next and so on. There is Mcguffin finding, finding people to do the next task, and convincing people to let the main characters tag along. So minor character get introduced to only to run the race. And most of the dialog is around that. Again not really a movie more like Iron Man or a trilithon. I am sure that Cristopher Nolan had a masterpiece in his head but he got caught up in the complex churning monster that is this plot. I would probably recommend renting this movie.… Expand

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SiomeSep 21, 2020

Stupid story, unclear motivation and plot, bad choice in narrative order, unexisting characters (even in the names), awefull acting except for Pattinson (ironically). Worst movie i saw this year. And i didn't even talked about theStupid story, unclear motivation and plot, bad choice in narrative order, unexisting characters (even in the names), awefull acting except for Pattinson (ironically). Worst movie i saw this year. And i didn't even talked about the incoherences, plotholes, errors, anachronisms. Time for the brother to come help Nolan to write a good story. The movie can cut at least 1H20 of time as everything is obvious.… Expand

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dmturnerSep 9, 2020

I'm a fan of Christopher Nolan and I have been wishing for a film that makes you think but sadly this movie is not good at all. There is zero character development or character at all. The villain is just a Russian stereotype and you can'tI'm a fan of Christopher Nolan and I have been wishing for a film that makes you think but sadly this movie is not good at all. There is zero character development or character at all. The villain is just a Russian stereotype and you can't understand what anyone is saying due to the score playing over them. It was a big disappointment.… Expand

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NoHemoSep 8, 2020

I went to this movie with my friends a few days after the premiere, and was shocked to find nobody else in the theater. If only I knew why, I probably would've saved a couple bucks and my time. About halfway into the movie I realize that II went to this movie with my friends a few days after the premiere, and was shocked to find nobody else in the theater. If only I knew why, I probably would've saved a couple bucks and my time. About halfway into the movie I realize that I literally have no idea what is going on. I turn to my friends, and it seems that they are completely lost as well. We ended up walking out about halfway through the movie. This feels like one of those pretentious artsy movie people make when they realize they could sell people anything. With enough big names, people will watch anything and pretend it's a masterpiece. I feel like most of the high ratings come from people being told that this is a good movie, and that they are complete idiots if they don't understand it. I give it one point for being very easy to make fun of with my friends, as well as one point for reverse car, the only enjoyable thing in the actual movie.… Expand

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Hulk2003WasBestSep 26, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was like a Christopher Nolan movie, giant impressive set pieces, terrible audio and all but without the brains or likable characters. At one point early on a character asks about the rules of time travel, and another replies "try not to worry about it too much". Should have been the tagline of the movie… Expand

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TooshiinDec 19, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 2 hours of exposition won’t save this movie from being so obviously “pretend smart”. Unlike interstellar, it throws around terms like “entropy”, “inversion” and “algorithm” in very nonsensical ways. The scientific definition of all these terms is much more interesting than what the movie does with them. For example, the “algorithm” is a 9 piece lego set invented by the future’s Oppenheimer (who since we are in 2020, must be female) who is only alluded to in one dialogue scene to establish her gender. That’s it, nothing else is built on her character. The villain is this fat, drunk, wife beating, eastern block oligarch (who knew we could still have stereotypes in 2020) who wants to end the world by assembling this lego set. Yes the plot is that stupid. However, up until the 1:30 hour mark the sheer charisma of the main character keeps you interested, however that falls apart exactly during the 1:45 mark when the main character starts fighting himself, one of them is masked so the other one doesn’t know he’s fighting himself, and THE VERSION WHO KNOWS IS FIGHTING HIMSELF STARTS SHOOTING AT HIMSELF. This is so damn stupid. Such a waste of potential.… Expand

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FoolishMonsterDec 23, 2020

This movie is sterile of character development. It’s all plot and no humanity, like a bad James Bond film where the writers decided the gadgets required no human beings to invest in. Has Nolan gone full robot? WTLF?!?

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cylunJan 30, 2021

The movie claims a realistic and scientific view on time entanglement but it can't hold up to it. Quantum science allows assumptions on how time flow could be manipulated in a future reality. But this is completely fictional. Time flow inThe movie claims a realistic and scientific view on time entanglement but it can't hold up to it. Quantum science allows assumptions on how time flow could be manipulated in a future reality. But this is completely fictional. Time flow in this movie is how the writers/Nolan needed it to be to create a complicated, mystical and multi-layered plot and its fictional world. The problem here is that this is the only reason for playing with the audience's state of expectations and understanding. Just like with any plot armor, this makes me feel frustrated and I can't relate to any of the motivations, background, and characters. Unlike Oblivion with its dream world, which was scientifically reasonable and also relatable to anyone who knows the nature of dreams, this movie doesn't have what makes an Aha moment. Good scenery and cinematics don't make a good story. Unnecessary complication and mystification doesn't make a good story.… Expand

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CoolJRTJan 27, 2022

Amazing unique visuals as expected from a Christopher Nolan movie, but absolutely no substance to any of the characters. Where'd the pick up half these actors too? Do they just drive around asking randoms, "Do you want to be in a movie?"Amazing unique visuals as expected from a Christopher Nolan movie, but absolutely no substance to any of the characters. Where'd the pick up half these actors too? Do they just drive around asking randoms, "Do you want to be in a movie?"

There's no character growth and no mystery to anyone whatsoever. Nolan has obviously focused too much on the complexity of the story instead of character development.

Not even worth watching really because you have to sit there paying attention and thinking the entire time, and get no rest mentally. This isn't entertainment, this is information overload. Inception's story was the best balance between action, drama, and complexity. Interstellar was second as it had lots more action and less drama, and this would be in last place out of all his movies - even lower than Dunkirk.… Expand

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LarsVonDrearyJul 26, 2023

Plot alone does not make a story. An idea alone does not make a premise. A goal alone does not make a character. Remember Sammy Jankis.

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LawgunDec 20, 2020

How to measure such a movie to explain how bad it is? It's pretty simple, just imagine a movie about typical "simply kind" protagonist without past or character development and "simply evil" antagonist which is almost hadn't a past too. AddHow to measure such a movie to explain how bad it is? It's pretty simple, just imagine a movie about typical "simply kind" protagonist without past or character development and "simply evil" antagonist which is almost hadn't a past too. Add to that let's say some nuclear threat from antagonist which wants to destroy the world. Sounds pretty pathetic and generic, right? But what if you add to that some ridiculous pretentious two-way time flow (which is meaningless at its conception from the start), worthless dialogues full of "it's from a past future" and phrases which making a high-schooler proud since he knows them. The whole conception of time here is about a way to film action scenes originally not for scenario itself. This movie is on par with World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles for example but simply added meaningless abundant time manipulation scenes. Overhyped simpletons will call such a movie a masterpiece for smart people but no one from them could explain anything from a movie which lacks scenario or sense at least. Groundhog day was better in terms of time manipulation.… Expand

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DexEngineerDec 8, 2020

I have no idea why this movie exists. A few action scenes does not justify long boring dialogs, even if they are most importance to the plot. Emotionless, boring movie. There are moments which look like cheap production. Give me my time back!

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dewellFeb 4, 2021

This was one of the most disappointing movie in the last decade for me. What a rubbish incoherent James Bond story. The story and premise is insultingly dumb and if you wait for the big turnaround to make it suddenly brilliant. No, this isThis was one of the most disappointing movie in the last decade for me. What a rubbish incoherent James Bond story. The story and premise is insultingly dumb and if you wait for the big turnaround to make it suddenly brilliant. No, this is soulless movie INDUSTRY. 1 point for pointless but pretty action scenes.… Expand

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