Category "tenet"

What's the significance of Neil asking the Protagonist if he would take a child or a woman hostage?

In Tenet, Neil and the Protagonist had this conversation when they were discussing how to infiltrate Sanjay Singh's house in Mumbai: Neil: Would you take a chi

What's the significance or symbolism of the trinket tied with an orange string to the backpack?

In Tenet, the Protagonist was saved by a mysterious shooter who had a trinket tied with an orange (or red) string to their backpack. The Protagonist later encou

Did this character die at this point?

SPOILERS inbound for TENET movie: By the end of the movie, it is revealed that Neil and the Protagonist were friends for a long time in the "future" and Neil wa

Where is Sator between the Vietnam Yacht and Italy?

Here is the timeline of Sator from Tenet as I saw here and what I understood: Sator is born He digs up the time capsule in Stalsk-12 He spends time in Vietnam o

Did Neil use an inverted bullet at the opera?

At the opera in Tenet, when Neil saves the protagonist, he shot an inverted bullet. Before you say that he himself was inverted, I would say think again. The pr

Who threw the suitcase to the other?

In Tenet we can clearly see that: From the Protagonist perspective I take the inverted suitcase I throw it to inverted sator. The inverted Sator catches the sui

How long were the bullet holes present in the glass from the non-inverted perspective?

In the first half of Tenet, there is a scene where The Protagonist and Neil break into Freeport and find a glass wall with bullet holes (could only find a good

Can someone explain how Kat experienced this part of Tenet from her perspective?

In Tenet, we see Kat holds a gun to Sator and he beats her to the floor. After that the whole reverse car chase ensues. At the end of this all, reverse-Kat is w

Why was it important to stop the Algorithm from being dropped into the time capsule?

In the final part of Tenet, the Protagonist and Neil are trying to prevent one of the bad guys from dropping the Algorithm into the time capsule. Supposedly dro

How did Kat get shot in Tenet?

When uninverted Kat got shot by inverted Sator in Tenet, in forward perspective the hole on the wall was fixed but Kat wasn't. What is the difference between Ka

How did Neil know that Volkov is going to shoot the protagonist?

If Neil is seeing everything happening in reverse, he can't really see Volkov (Sator's man) pulling up the gun to shoot the protagonist for him to decide to tak

Why didn't the algorithm detonate when Kat killed Sator?

In the final sequence of Tenet, the tenet teams are racing against time to stop the algorithm from being buried in the time capsule. On the other side, Sator ha

Why isn't Sator 2 (inverted Sator) wearing an oxygen mask when he goes back to his yacht in Vietnam for his final moment?

Sator 2/inverted Sator/~ Sator returns to the yacht in Vietnam for his final moments. Why is he not wearing a mask?

Does the Protagonist know that he is giving the 241 to ~Protagonist in the car chase sequence?

When ~Protagonist goes to the car sequence, from his POV we see ~Sator throwing the orange case back to the Protagonist and the 241/metal cube rattling around i

How did Volkov end up bringing two bullets, the normal one and the inverted one in one magazine and how did he try to shoot?

I have a question about the scene in Tenet at Stalsk-12, where Volkov tries to shoot TP in the head. First of all, it seemed like Volkov ended up bringing two b

How did the cars get inverted in Tenet?

After re-watching Tenet on the small screen there is one thing really bugging me. In the car chase sequence, there appear to be two inverted cars: the silver Sa

Why steal the Plutonium-241 and lose it?

Why was TP supposed to steal the Plutonium-241 on behalf of Sator and then lose it? Was it because Sator might be unable to steal it on his own (as Priya said h

Why must inverted Neil open a door that was ALREADY open? [duplicate]

I've watched several times this video animation of Neil's death in Tenet. At the 45 second mark of the video, we see inverted Neil approaching

When was the gold un-inverted?

While staying on Sator's yacht in Tenet, the protagonist spies a helicopter unload a canister containing inverted gold. We know that it is inverted because seve

How did Neil manage to get through the blocked tunnel entrance?

My previous question was closed as duplicate but it is not, this question asks about how did Neil get through the shut tunnel, which is different to how did Nei