Continuity mistake: When the Protagonist and Neil walk into the two rooms with the turnstile in the Oslo Freeport, just after the Protagonist tells Neil not to touch the bullet holes in the window, Neil asks "What the hell happened here." At this point, his head is turned about 90° to the right. In the next shot, his head is turned more forwards and much less to the right. (00:44:50)
Casual Person
5th Jan 2021
Tenet (2020)
5th Jan 2021
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When the bodyguards have the Protagonist cornered in the kitchen, they place his hand on a chopping board. In one shot, just as one of the bodyguards raises a utensil he is holding to hit his hand with, the Protagonist is shown raising his fingers slightly, right before the shot cuts. It then cuts to a different angle where his hand is now flat on the chopping board. (00:32:40)
29th Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: Just after the Protagonist has shot Priya, Kat is shown closing her phone after using it. Behind her, a man and woman are shown walking past on the sidewalk, and then after that, two women are shown walking past. In the next shot, these people suddenly disappear from the sidewalk completely. (02:23:56)
29th Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When Priya is preparing to have Kat assassinated, the Protagonist gets inside her car and shoots the gunman. Priya then turns the mirror around to see the Protagonist's reflection. In the shot after this, she is shown lowering her hand away from the mirror. It then cuts back to the mirror and her hand is suddenly back on it again. (02:23:03)
29th Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: In Stalsk-12, Wheeler and a blue team soldier take cover inside a house in which chunks of rubble have been blown out of the wall. When the pieces of rubble begin to reassemble back into the wall, Wheeler runs out and the soldier attempts to run out but gets sealed back in. Right after Wheeler runs out of the hole, and the soldier begins screaming, he is shown standing upright. But in the next shot, right before the rubble chunks go back into the wall, the soldier can be seen now kneeling over the hole in the wall. (02:05:45)
29th Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When the Protagonist and Kat are speaking shortly before the journey to Stalsk-12, in the shot where Kat leans in to kiss him on the cheek, the oxygen mask that the Protagonist is shown wearing is positioned hanging directly in front of his mouth. The shot cuts to focus on Kat, but when it cuts back to the Protagonist, the oxygen mask is suddenly hanging in front of his left cheek. (01:55:34)
29th Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When the Protagonist approaches Priya after inverting back in Oslo, right as he says hello to her, on Priya's left, a woman and man can be seen. The woman is wearing an orange cardigan, blue jeans and a handbag over her arm. The man next to her is holding a plastic water bottle. The camera then cuts to an angle in front of the Protagonist and Priya, where the man and woman are suddenly further behind them. (01:46:43)
29th Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: On the shipping container, Neil injects Kat with some medicine in a syringe. Whilst Neil says "The faster you sleep, the more you heal", he is shown with his left hand holding Kat's arm and has his fingers positioned under her arm. It then cuts to a closer shot of Kat, where Neil's left hand is now positioned on top of her arm. (01:37:58)
29th Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: Whilst Wheeler is explaining the rules of inversion to the Protagonist shortly before he goes outside, as she is saying "Gravity will feel normal but appear reversed for the world around you", she is shown holding a small tank of oxygen in her left hand and begins attaching it to a tube shown in her right hand. The camera then changes angles and the oxygen tank is now in her right hand and the tube is suddenly attached to the tank. (01:30:02)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When the Protagonist and Neil are driving away from the inverted vehicle, there is a shot where the Protagonist is shown looking forwards out of the front windshield, but when the camera changes angles, he is suddenly looking to the right to face the inverted vehicle. (01:19:23)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When the Protagonist is being dragged into the Freeport by two of Sator's bodyguards, an inverted Sator is in the background, dragging Kat by her arm on the opposite side of the gate. A closer shot of Sator dragging Kat is then shown, where he now has his arm across her abdomen. (01:22:10)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: Just after the Protagonist has obtained the case containing the Plutonium-241 and is back in the car with Neil, he opens the case and his right hand is shown placed on top of it. It then cuts to a different angle and his right hand is suddenly touching the Plutonium-241. (01:18:09)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When the Protagonist walks into Sator's office, a doctor is shown checking his blood pressure and is then ordered to leave. In one shot, the doctor is shown walking past the Protagonist, but in the next shot, the doctor is shown walking past the Protagonist a second time. (01:00:40)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: Whilst the Protagonist, Sator and Kat are riding in Sator's yacht, Sator asks the Protagonist "What do you know about opera", and the Protagonist is shown facing forwards. The Protagonist then answers Sator's question and he suddenly has his head turned 180° to face Sator. (00:57:23)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When the Protagonist and Neil are standing in the hallway after averting the halide gas, Neil says "There's someone in here with us", and is shown standing right next to a wall when he says this. In the next shot, he is suddenly standing next to a bend in the wall. (00:44:05)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When Kat is talking with her son outside the school, just as she says "We will. We'll go together", a schoolgirl and her mother are shown walking past Kat, on her left. It then cuts to a closer angle of Kat and the mother and daughter have suddenly disappeared. (00:33:40)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When the Protagonist and Neil first meet in the hotel, just after Neil puts his hand out to be shaken, the Protagonist begins to reach out his hand for the two to have a handshake. In one shot, the Protagonist is sitting back in his chair, but when the two shake hands in the next shot, he is suddenly leaning forwards, then in the next shot after that, he is suddenly sitting with his back against the chair. (00:18:26)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: When Neil first sits down next to the Protagonist, he is looking forwards whilst he starts talking, but when the shot cuts, he is suddenly looking at the Protagonist. (00:18:18)
23rd Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: Just after the siege in the opera house has begun, the scene cuts back to the truck with the SWAT team inside. The driver is shown with his head turned to the right to face the man in the passenger seat while he says "Wake up the Americans." The camera then changes angles and the driver is suddenly looking forwards out of the front window. (00:01:25)
16th Dec 2020
Tenet (2020)
Continuity mistake: At the start of the scene where the Protagonist is having dinner with Kat in the restaurant, there is a shot from behind him where he says "Traced it back to Arepo", and he is shown clasping his hands. It then cuts to a shot from in front of him where his hands are now placed on the table. (00:28:20)