Tenet2020

Neil:
(voiceover) We’re the people saving the world from what might’ve been. World would never know what could happen. Even if they did, they wouldn’t care.

[Kat walks along the pavement on her way to Max’s school, and notices an ominous black car facing her.]

Because no one cares about the bomb that didn’t go off. Only the one that did.

[In the car, a man is holding a pistol. Priya sits on the passenger’s seat beside him]

Priya:
Do it before the boy comes out-

[The man turns suddenly as if he noticed something before being shot. Priya gasps and turns the back mirror only to find The Protagonist sitting behind her.]

The Protagonist:
That’s your idea of mercy? You gave me your word.

Priya:
And I told you then, what it would be worth. Here. Today. How did you know?

[The Protagonist takes out a phone and plays a voice message.]

Kat:
(voiceover) Cannon Place, 3 o’clock. Probably nothing, I’m-

The Protagonist:
Posterity.

[Outside on the pavement, Kat is holding the phone The Protagonist gave her earlier.]

Kat:
[to the phone] Cannon Place, 3 o’clock. Probably nothing, I’m ...

[Cut to inside the car]

The Protagonist:
I told you you’d have to start looking differently at the world.

Priya:
I, have to tie up the loose ends.

The Protagonist:
That was never your job.

Priya:
Then whose was it?

The Protagonist:
Mine. I realized I wasn’t working for you, we’ve both been working for me. I’m the Protagonist.

Priya:
[shocked] Then you’d better tie up those loose ends.

[Priya turns the back window away, and The Protagonist shoots her.]

The Protagonist:
Mission accomplished. [looks at Kat, who is now turning off her phone]

Neil:
(voiceover) It’s the bomb that didn’t go off. The danger no one knew was real.

[The Protagonist looks as Kat waits for Max.]

Neil:
(voiceover) That’s the bomb with the real power to change the world.

[Kat walks away with Max, who holds her hand.]