信条Tenet Movie Script

EXT. EUROPEAN PORT – DAY The Protagonist disembarks with the rest of the wind-farm crew. As they file past a car the driver, also in hi-viz, steps out into line, leaving the door open, engine running.

The Protagonist gets in. The GPS is already set... EXT. OFFICE COMPLEX – LATER A bland suburban office park. The Protagonist gets out of the car, wearing his hi-viz and carrying a clipboard. Heads inside, passing numerous STAFF coming out... INT. LOBBY, OFFICE COMPLEX – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist moves through the lobby unimpeded. Checking the tenant listings he sees – ‘WINDFARM TRANSITIONS – B-2’.

INT. CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist walks up to B-2.

FEMALE VOICE (O.S.) With a hi-viz vest and a clipboard, you can get almost anywhere.

Almost.

The Protagonist turns to find a brusque young woman. This is BARBARA. He joins his hands, interlacing the fingers...

主人公转身发现一个粗鲁的年轻女子。我是巴巴拉。他双手交叉手指。。。

PROTAGONIST:

A pretty obscure tenet.

一个相当模糊的信条。

Using a key card, she ushers him through a door into – INT. OFFICE, LABORATORY – CONTINUOUS Barbara hands the Protagonist a cup of tea.

她用一张钥匙卡把他带进一扇门——内景办公室，实验室——芭芭拉不断地递给主演一杯茶。

BARBARA:

No small talk, nothing that might reveal who we are, or what we do.

PROTAGONIST:

I thought I was here to find out what we do.

BARBARA:

You’re not here for ‘what’, you’re here for ‘how’. ‘What’ is your department. And not my business.

PROTAGONIST:

Well, to do what I do, I need some idea of the threat we face.

Barbara considers the Protagonist. Sips her tea.

BARBARA:

As I understand it, we’re trying to prevent World War Three.

PROTAGONIST:

Nuclear holocaust?

BARBARA:

No. Something worse.

INT. SHOOTING RANGE – MOMENTS LATER Barbara hands the Protagonist a semi-automatic. He reflexively checks the chamber and magazine – EMPTY.

BARBARA:

Aim it and pull the trigger.

The Protagonist SHRUGS, lifts the empty pistol, sights a target 25m away with several holes in it... He squeezes the trigger – BAM! – a shot. He is CONFUSED... BARBARA (CONT'D) Check the magazine.

The Protagonist checks the clip – THERE IS A ROUND IN IT.

How?

PROTAGONIST:

Barbara pulls on PROTECTIVE GLOVES and removes the round from the clip, placing it next to an identical one on a table.

BARBARA:

One of these bullets is, like us, travelling forwards through time.

The other one’s going backwards.

Can you tell which is which?