Film Review: Tetris

Tetris

AI Film, Marv Studios

Apple TV+

Release dates

31 March, 2023

My Rating

8/10

#whatonwhatsgood Rating

75%

#whatonwhatsgood Express Review

In Tetris, we get to see how Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) with inventor Alexey Pazhitnov (Nikita Efremov) got Tetris out to the masses.

If you're a fan of video games, you will probably love the story behind Tetris.

Description

Based on the true story of American video game salesman Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) and his discovery of TETRIS in 1988. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.

Directed by

Jon S. Baird

Screenplay by

Noah Pink

Produced by

Gillian Berrie, Leonard Blavatnik, Gregor Cameron and Matthew Vaughn

Starring

Taron Egerton as Henk Rogers

Toby Jones as Robert Stein

Nikita Yefremov as Alexey Pajitnov

Roger Allam as Robert Maxwell

Anthony Boyle as Kevin Maxwell

Togo Igawa as Hiroshi Yamauchi

Ken Yamamura as Minoru Arakawa

Ben Miles as Howard Lincoln

Matthew Marsh as Mikhail Gorbachev

Rick Yune as Larry

Cinematography

Alwin H. Küchler

Edited by

Martin Walsh

Music by

Lorne Balfe

Nikita Efremov and Taron Egerton in “Tetris,” premiering March 31, 2023 on Apple TV+.

Nikita Efremov and Taron Egerton in “Tetris,” premiering March 31, 2023 on Apple TV+.

Nikita Efremov in “Tetris,” premiering March 31, 2023 on Apple TV+.

Toby Jones, Roger Allam and Anthony Boyle in “Tetris,” premiering March 31, 2023 on Apple TV+.