信条Tenet Movie Script

PROTAGONIST:

Fire crew’s there... The Protagonist WINCES as he pulls his arm into its sleeve... PROTAGONIST (CONT'D) We get Kat through the breach, I take care of Sator’s man and secure the vault. Then you bring her in.

NEIL:

How’s the arm?

Not good.

PROTAGONIST:

The Protagonist spots a HOLE in the fabric of his black suit – directly over the lesion on his arm... Neil straps a respirator to the gurney – puts the mask over Kat’s face, then puts another on himself. He gives Kat a sedative.

PROTAGONIST (CONT'D) We move the second we hear the engines.

Neil looks at Kat, unconscious on the gurney. He TIGHTENS the straps – throws a reflective blanket over her... The SIRENS are DEAFENING – the Protagonist flexes his arm, clearly in a lot of pain. Neil spots BLOOD dripping from the Protagonist’s wrist –

NEIL:

You’re bleeding. Let me take a look – SUDDENLY THEY HEAR THE BUILDING WHINE OF JET ENGINES. The Protagonist YANKS up the handle, THROWS OPEN THE DOOR – EXT. APRON, OSLO AIRPORT – CONTINUOUS Onto PANDEMONIUM – FIRE CREWS BATTLE the blaze, chunks of metal on the ground IGNITE, SHUDDER and LEAP ONTO THE AIRFRAME... STREAMS of water RISE up onto the plane – The Protagonist HURRIES BACKWARDS, PULLING THE GURNEY towards the plane, steering around debris that might suddenly – A SHEET OF FLAMING METAL SPINS off the ground, shearing into them, KNOCKING the GURNEY – they duck, HOLDING ON TO THE GURNEY, the metal FLIES into the air, SLAMS into its hole on the side of the plane... the Protagonist spots a line under the fuselage, between flames, towards the breach... Come on!

PROTAGONIST:

Neil looks up as BLACK SMOKE GATHERS, FORMING A MASSIVE CLOUD OVER THE PLANE... a SHOCK WAVE starts to BUILD in the air around them – the Protagonist PULLS Kat and Neil under the fuselage as CURTAINS of FIRE start GATHERING around the wings, CENTRED on a HALF-DESTROYED JET ENGINE – They pass through the hole in the wall LICKED AT BY FLAMES WHICH LEAVE FROST ON THEIR CLOTHES – As they clear start SHAKING CLIMAXES in a REASSEMBLES – into the building, DEBRIS in front of them – they DUCK as the MASSIVE BUILD OF ENERGY CACOPHONOUS REVERSE EXPLOSION as THE JET ENGINE LOOSELY ATTACHED TO THE WING, THRUSTING – INT./EXT. FREEPORT SHIPPING AREA – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist draws his gun – turns to Neil –

PROTAGONIST:

I’m going in. Wait here.

The Protagonist turns, rushing up onto the loading dock – The LOOSE JET ENGINE, under FULL THRUST, ATTACHED to the wing, SWINGS BACK AND FORTH, wreaking REVERSE HAVOC... The Protagonist pauses, LISTENING – he can hear BACKWARDS VOICES on the other side of a ROLLER DOOR – the loose jet engine TURNS, BLASTING AIR at the Protagonist with its INVERTED THRUST – the Protagonist is SMASHED through the bottom of the roller door – INT. VAULT, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS INTO HIMSELF AND NEIL, DRESSED AS BUSINESSMEN AS IN THEIR EARLIER VISIT TO THE ROTAS VAULT – the Protagonist (wearing black clothes and gas mask) TACKLES the EARLIER PROTAGONIST (wearing business suit), the Earlier Protagonist THROWS the Protagonist onto the ground, getting his gun – SHOUTING at him INCOMPREHENSIBLY – KICKING his INJURED ARM AGAIN AND AGAIN – the Protagonist SCREAMS... The Earlier Protagonist puts his GUN TO THE PROTAGONIST’S HEAD... EARLIER NEIL GRABS HIS ARM, RESTRAINING him... The Protagonist and Earlier Protagonist STRUGGLE, ROLLING across the floor with the unique physics of forward action merged with backwards action... They STRUGGLE through the BLUE DOOR of the Rotas vault. The Protagonist gets his gun – the Earlier Protagonist STABS him in the arm with his lockpick – ‘HEALING’ his wound – ENERGIZING him – He FLIPS the Earlier Protagonist up against the glass, LIFTS his gun – SHOOTS past the Earlier Protagonist’s head, putting a BULLET HOLE through the glass – Glancing at the OPEN TURNSTILE DOOR, the Protagonist FIRES again, forcing the Earlier Protagonist TOWARDS the door... he looks through the proving window – no one there...

PROTAGONIST:

Come on, come on... The Protagonist FIRES AGAIN AND AGAIN, forcing the Earlier Protagonist closer and closer to the open turnstile... The Earlier Protagonist takes hold of the gun – the barrel coming around onto the Protagonist who instinctively EJECTS the magazine, REMOVES the SLIDE, tossing it aside, leaving the Earlier Protagonist with a useless STRIPPED AUTOMATIC – Earlier Neil RACES backwards into the other half of the room – Through the bullet-riddled glass the Protagonist sees HIMSELF (GAS MASK, BLACK CLOTHES) RUN BACKWARDS into the room – The Protagonist LEAPS INTO THE TURNSTILE – we FOLLOW the Protagonist through the machine – BURSTING OUT on the other side – straight into Earlier Neil, who now MOVES FORWARDS as the Protagonist PUSHES past – As the confrontation on the other side of the glass plays out again, FORWARDS... the Protagonist RACES for the RED DOOR, Neil in PURSUIT – INT. VAULT CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist runs, pursued by Earlier Neil, skidding around the corners of the vault corridor – Earlier Neil gets a hand on the Protagonist’s GAS MASK and YANKS – it comes off in his hands... this time we see that Neil is looking at the UNMASKED PROTAGONIST. Neil, surprised, turns and BOLTS back the way he came – the Protagonist watches him go, then TURNS – INT. VAULT CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist races down the angled corridor – The Protagonist SKIDS through the doorway leading out of the corridor and into the SMOKE-FILLED cargo area where he left... INT. VAULT 2, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS Neil races up to the Earlier Protagonist, grab his arm –

NEIL:

NO! Don’t kill him! INT./EXT. FREEPORT SHIPPING AREA – CONTINUOUS ...Neil (respirator on) guarding Kat, STRAPPED to the gurney.

Behind them, the fire crew battle the blazing plane. Neil is already looking up at the Protagonist who POINTS right – The Protagonist DUCKS THROUGH the breach, into the chaos... Neil moves BACKWARDS towards the outside... EXT. BREACH – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist RUNS THROUGH THE SMOKE AND FLAME, DODGING DEBRIS FALLING FROM THE PLANE... heading towards the EMERGENCY SERVICES... The Protagonist CREEPS along the side of an AMBULANCE... the AMBULANCE DRIVER spots him in the mirror – the Protagonist DARTS in, HITTING the driver in the face – INT. VAULT CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS Neil (moving FORWARDS) ducks back behind the corner as Earlier Protagonist (business suit) and Earlier Neil (business suit) walk backwards away from the Rotas vault.

Neil pushes Kat towards the broken roller door and pushes her inside... EXT. APRON, OSLO AIRPORT – MOMENTS LATER The Protagonist SWERVES the ambulance, trying to get close to the breach – the Protagonist SPINS the ambulance around as close to the breach as possible. He JUMPS out – opens the back – PEERS into the smoke and water... waiting... Neil EMERGES, pushing the gurney with Kat on – INT./EXT. AMBULANCE – MOMENTS LATER The Protagonist DRIVES, sirens blaring.

PROTAGONIST:

You knew it was me coming out of that vault. Why didn’t you say?

NEIL:

That’s a lot of explaining when someone’s about to put a bullet in their own brain.

PROTAGONIST:

But afterwards –

NEIL:

With things the same, I knew you’d be okay. What’s happened happened.

If I’d told you and you acted differently... who knows? The policy is to suppress.

PROTAGONIST:

Whose policy?

Neil GRINS, offering his hand –

NEIL:

Ours, my friend. We’re the people saving the world from what might have been... INT./EXT. PARKED AMBULANCE – NIGHT Neil and the Protagonist are in the back, checking on Kat... whose eyes OPEN.

Kat?

I’m here.

PROTAGONIST: