Neil reveals the entire plot has been a “pincer” designed by the Protagonist, then sacrifices himself for the good of humanity. At the same time, future Kat infiltrates Sator’s yacht and kills him. Two teams raid the algorithm site, one moving forward, one moving backward. He and Neil hatch a plan to send Kat back in time to a moment where she let him feel loved, while they raid the location of the algorithm. The Protagonist learns Sator has a dead man’s switch that will trigger the algorithm and destroy the world when he dies. Priya tells The Protagonist that Sator is trying to reassemble the missing pieces of an inversion device from the future that was hidden in nine locations in the past. Meanwhile, The Protagonist meets Priya again, two days before she initially tasked him with finding Sator. Plot Build Up TwoĪt the Oslo Freeport, The Protagonist and Neil confront the previous versions of themselves – and usher Kat into the turnstile to save her. Neil and paramilitary commander Ives rescue The Protagonist and head to Oslo in order to travel through the Freeport turnstile. The Protagonist is then engulfed in flames, which gives him hypothermia due to the reverse entropy. The Protagonist goes through the turnstile so that he can reverse his actions – but he inadvertently gives Sator the mystery device. He trails the second team in order to see everything that happens. The Protagonist learns that Sator is able to stay one step ahead of him because he uses “temporal pincers,” in which he sends one half of his team forward from the start of an important event, and the second half of his team back from its end. The Protagonist chooses Kat – but they’re both captured and brought to an “entropy turnstile.” Sator shoots Kat, then Paramilitaries show up at Neil’s behest – but Sator escapes in pursuit of the mystery object. On the day of the job, Sator forces The Protagonist to choose between the asset (which is revealed to be a mysterious object, not plutonium) and Kat’s life. Sator agrees to work with The Protagonist on a plutonium thievery job, but continues to abuse Kat. Kat tries to kill Sator, but The Protagonist saves him because he needs more information about how reverse entropy works. The Protagonist meets Sator on the Amalfi coast. The Protagonist and Neil are then attacked by mysterious men clad in all-black who have the ability to use inverted bullets. ![]() The Protagonist and associates Neil and Mahir crash a plane into a Freeport at the Oslo Airport. ![]() The Protagonist meets with Kat, Sator's wife, and agrees to work with her. The Protagonist tracks down Priya – a munitions dealer in India – who tells him that Russian oligarch Andrei Sator has been developing inverted weapons. Barbara tasks The Protagonist with learning more about “Tenet.” Plot Point One She displays how metallurgical anomalies have started to move in reverse – which could be remnants of a future war. Inciting IncidentĪ scientist named Barbara informs The Protagonist that “World War III” is imminent. The Protagonist chooses to kill himself rather than give up information – but he survives because the ploy was a test. ExpositionĪ CIA operative, known simply as the Protagonist, is captured during a raid in Kiev. We’ll break down the intricacies in further detail in the following sections. ![]() Note: There are a lot of intricacies in the Tenet screenplay. Here is the story structure for the Tenet screenplay: ![]() STORY BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE OF THE TENET SCREENPLAY
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