After Tenet 2020 did not reach all cinema fans in the midst of the Corona pandemic, you can watch the Christopher Nolan blockbuster on TV today. As is usual for the master director, spectacular images with a story that is not exactly easy to understand In Tenet, Nolan takes his concept from films like Inception to an even greater extreme!
On TV: Sci-Fi blockbuster Tenet is an extraordinary time travel mindfuck
In Tenet, the nameless protagonist (John David Washington) immerses himself in an extraordinary espionage world in which the laws of time follow completely new rules. For his mission, the main character must use an unusual technique through which Move objects and people backwards through time without leaving the present.
Watch a German trailer for Tenet here:
Tenet – Trailer 2 (German) HD
In his sophisticated mainstream hits, Christopher Nolan always built extensive explanations to help viewers understand the concepts of his sci-fi stories. In Tenet, however, the director relies more than ever on the sheer power of filmmaking.
His spectacular game with simultaneous forward and backward movements through the past, present and future he follows here especially through fantastically staged montages and action scenes that hardly give you any room to breathe or think for long.
Tenet is meant to be felt rather than understood
The best way to experience Tenet is to watch the film itself. “Don’t try to understand it. Feel it!” is the key quote from Nolan’s blockbuster, which jumps from one global setting to the next.
Passages like the initial storming of the Kiev Opera, the heist sequence at Oslo Airport, the highway chase in Tallinn or the brutal finale in the Soviet ruins feel like rollercoaster rides that you should just let yourself fall into thanks to the noble images and the thumping score.
And Tenet is a film in which a second (or third, fourth, fifth,…) sighting won’t hurt can. On the contrary: the extremely complex sci-fi plot and the powerful, extraordinary action sequences literally force you to experience Nolan’s masterpiece again and again.
When is Tenet on TV?
ZDF will broadcast the Nolan film on September 16, 2024 from 10:15 p.m. The blockbuster runs without advertising until 00:35. Alternatively, Tenet is currently streaming on Amazon Prime via subscription.
This article was first published in a similar form on Moviepilot in 2022.