“Tenet”: Time-Bending Masterpiece or Misfire?

Inception’s Unspoken Sequel

Jack Cutmore-Scott, John David Washington, and Robert Pattinson in Tenet, 2020. Everett Collection / Courtesy of Melinda Sue Gordon for Warner Bros.

Released in theaters before the arrival of coronavirus vaccines, many had hoped in September of 2020 that Tenet would be the movie that proved why theaters were still necessary. But in a world reeling from t…