On top of that, despite being a technical marvel, it was one of the director's most emotionally cold efforts to date.
Tenet — which was first delayed by the pandemic and then released to theaters before the world was ready to head back outside — never quite got the presentation it needed (or that Nolan himself desired). On top of that, despite being a technical marvel, it was one of the director's most emotionally cold efforts to date. That being said, this sci-fi spy thriller movie — starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki — is an exciting globe-trotting treat for the senses, telling the story of a secret team trying to stop an attack on Earth's present...from Earth's future. You might not fully understand how reverse entropy works, or how it's able to interact with regular entropy, but it's a beautifully bats*** thing to watch unfold on screen.