![]() He’s sent on a mission to find the source of mysterious weaponry that’s seemingly travelling backwards in time from a war destined to happen in the future. John David Washington plays a secret agent known only as “The Protagonist”. That film operated on the novel concept of telling its story in reverse, and the only clear way to one-up that is to run a story both backwards and forwards at the same time, right? Enter TENET. He’s always played with notions of temporality in film, but not quite this much since 2000’s Memento. Like the majority of Nolan’s filmography, it’s grand in both scale of production and ideas. But in a COVID-free environment, TENET is good, and I’m not just saying that because as a fan of the cinema experience, it felt like I was starving in the desert and someone threw me a cracker. Well, if I lived in a place where COVID was a bigger threat, no. It was like inverting time and traveling back to when it was okay to inhale popcorn aromas and other people’s air without fear of suffering a horrible death. ![]() Why? Because I live in a country where the virus has been under control, but even then, with everything that’s gone on in 2020, the act of going to the movies felt anachronistic. It’s a relief that TENET can now be viewed safely at home, but I actually braved the cinema back in August to see it on the big screen. Put on your brain-bending pants, cause it’s time for TENET ! Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited time traveling blockbuster-touted as the saviour of the cinema in the time of COVID-has now hit Blu-ray and 4K disc. ![]()
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