{"id":8521,"date":"2020-09-04T09:33:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2020-09-04T09:33:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:33:52","slug":"review-tenet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=8521","title":{"rendered":"Review: TENET"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bond with a Physics Lesson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTenet\u201d is Christopher Nolan\u2019s subverted Bond film. Sure, there\u2019s a heady discussion of physics and some ingenious narrative structure, but his affinity for movie-magic espionage shows lack of confidence in the marketability of his ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And those ideas at work in \u201cTenet\u201d should be enough to carry any blockbuster. The goodwill that Nolan\u2019s built up over the years ensures solid returns for producers. But without the gunplay, jet-set globe-trotting, explosions, and combat, the unfounded fear must be that average Joes won\u2019t buy a ticket. Pity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the record, I acknowledge that Nolan\u2019s intentionally borrowing elements from the secret agent subgenre (components of which were also present in his classic \u201cInception\u201d). This time around, I found it a bit tiresome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u201cTenet,\u201d \u201cBlacKkKlansman\u201d star John David Washington plays a slick, brash CIA operative. In the film\u2019s thrilling opening sequence, he\u2019s part of an elite team that thwarts a terrorist attack in an opera house. But even though the opera patrons are spared, Washington\u2019s unnamed agent is captured and tortured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rescued, he awakens on board a ship, having been \u201crepaired.\u201d He\u2019s given a critical mission: find the source of a new, life-threatening weapon. His handler, Victor (Martin Donovan), imparts upon him a word, \u201ctenet,\u201d and a hand gesture. Those clues are all that\u2019s needed, and our protagonist is off to the races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Jonathan’s complete review online and in print in the Times-Herald: https:\/\/times-herald.com\/news\/2020\/09\/tenet-bond-with-a-physics-lesson<\/a>

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