词汇：protagonist
n. 主角，主演；主要人物，领导者
相关场景
- 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 –>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- 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...>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- 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 –>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- 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!>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- 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 –>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- PROTAGONIST (CONT'D) We move the second we hear the engines.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- 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.>> 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.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- INT. SAME – NIGHT The Protagonist is at the peephole – the ground is WET. CLEAN- UP CREWS and INVESTIGATORS swarm backwards over the scene.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- PROTAGONIST (CONT'D) Is she healed enough?>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- NEIL:
- INT. SAME – LATER A final THUD, then STILLNESS. The Protagonist moves to the peephole, unplugs it and peers out: The WRECKED PLANE, FLOODLIT, sitting outside the COLLAPSED WALL which has been sealed with STEEL FENCING.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- INT. SHIPPING CONTAINER – LATER Neil is awake. He looks over at the Protagonist, who is examining a LESION on his right arm...>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- EXT. CARGO SHIP – LATER Close on the hull, we see the water UNSPLASHING at the bow and SUCKING UNDERNEATH the stern as the ship steams majestically backwards through the cold North Sea... INT. SHIPPING CONTAINER – LATER BANGING wakes the Protagonist – Neil is at a peephole.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- SATOR:
- (via recording) –bring– –final section– –directly to the hypocentre– –with the other parts– –the algorithm– The recording breaks up. The Protagonist puts the phone away, FLEXES his elbow, feeling out some pain... He rolls up his sleeve – there is a DARK PATCH of skin forming –>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- Every law of physics operates the same forwards and backwards, except one. Entropy... The Protagonist moves to the back of the container, pulls out his phone, checks Neil’s attention is on Kat...>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- Kat GROANS, her eyes flicker open to see the Protagonist.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- The Protagonist looks around the shipping container.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- FADE IN:
- INT. SHIPPING CONTAINER – LATER The Protagonist comes to on a stretcher. Kat is on a stretcher next to him. Neil sits between them. The Protagonist looks at his hands, feels his face, confused.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- Backing away, Sator DROPS the lighter, the fuel EXPLODES, THROWING THE CAR SIDEWAYS – BUT INSTEAD OF FULLY BLOOMING, THE FLAMES CONTRACT, SPARING THE PROTAGONIST WHO LIES THERE, FREEZING. HE PASSES OUT.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- The Protagonist, upside down in the car, regains consciousness... fuel leaks, pooling outside the window... he sees expensive shoes approach, then Sator’s face peering in at him. In his hand is a LIGHTER.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- INT. /EXT. SAAB – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist finds a clear lane and guns the engine, tracking the Mercedes as it pulls alongside the Audi, racing ‘forwards’, and Sator, orange case in hand, climbs from the Mercedes into the Audi... The Audi pulls alongside the BMW – the Protagonist, sensing the moment, LOWERS HIS WINDOW... Sator lifts the orange case, BUT HIS EYES ARE ELSEWHERE – Inside the Saab, the Protagonist hears BANGING – the BLACK METAL SHAPE ‘unwedges’ from where it’s been stuck down the side of a seat – ‘BOUNCING’ around the interior – The Saab CUTS between the Audi and the BMW – The orange case FLIES OUT OF SATOR’S HANDS – BOUNCES OFF THE SAAB’S WINDSHIELD, ‘LANDING’ IN THE BMW – JUST AS THE BLACK METAL SHAPE JUMPS OUT OF THE SAAB AND INTO THE (FORWARD) PROTAGONIST’S LOWER HAND... Sator, SEEING THIS, YANKS the wheel – CLIPS the Saab – the Protagonist STRUGGLES for control – but the Saab SPINS AND ROLLS DOWN THE HIGHWAY, COMING TO REST ON ITS ROOF.>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- He checks the phone – a blinking dot half a mile away – he GUNS it, FISHTAILING unexpectedly... EXT. HIGHWAY – CONTINUOUS We see the fire fight from before IN REVERSE – Neil laying down fire from between cars, Kat carried ‘back’ to the Audi... Behind Neil, Sator, MOVING FORWARDS, checks the glove compartment of the BMW... NOTHING. FUMING, he heads back to the Mercedes, DUCKING behind cars, bullets FLYING... INT./EXT. SAAB – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist pulls onto a busy highway where the cars are FACING HIM, BUT MOVING IN HIS DIRECTION... The Saab races along, the only normal-looking car on a road full of cars SPEEDING BACKWARDS... On the phone, the flashing dot is CLOSER... Slowing, the Protagonist spots the ORANGE CASE lying empty by the side of the road. He PULLS OVER some distance away – JUMPS out of the car – pulls out his BLUETOOTH EARPIECE and WEDGES it between the foam padding and the orange plastic... The Protagonist heads back to his car, checks the signal from his phone... PEERS at the case... The case SHUDDERS TO LIFE – LEAPS INTO THE WINDOW OF A PASSING CAR – THE MERCEDES – The Protagonist PEELS OUT, DUST FLIES UP IN CLOUDS THAT DON’T FULLY BLOSSOM as expected, but CONTRACT... The Protagonist STRUGGLES with the wheel, trying to keep the car on the road with its unaccustomed handling... Christ!>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- Neil hands him a phone. The Protagonist sticks a Bluetooth earpiece in his ear, passes into the airlock – Wheeler shuts it behind him. Then opens the OUTER DOOR... EXT. YARD, TALLINN FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist emerges into a strange world – the air feels different, the friction of his feet on the asphalt feels different. He looks up at birds flying backwards... at steam contracting... at a pile of dust sucking itself bigger... In the yard he spots the SAAB... he runs over, finds the keys sitting on the front tyre – INT./EXT. SAAB – CONTINUOUS The Protagonist LOOKS in the glove box – NOTHING – LOOKS in the wheel well – NOTHING – the back seat – NOTHING. He gives up – starts the engine... pulls out, gently, feeling out the strange handling of the vehicle... INT./EXT. SAAB, TALLINN STREETS – MOMENTS LATER The Protagonist steers the car around BACKWARDS-MOVING TRAFFIC and BACKWARDS-WALKING PEDESTRIANS, MARVELLING... People STARE at the car as it approaches, as if they already know a backwards-driven car is heading their way (which, of course, they do).>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- The Protagonist turns to Neil –>> 信条Tenet Movie Script
- The Protagonist follows Wheeler into a corridor lined with RESPIRATORS and HAZARD SUITS... at the end is an AIRLOCK...>> 信条Tenet Movie Script