The game you couldn't put down. The story you couldn't make up.
In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
- 7.7
- 2023
- Released
- 1h 58m
Taron Egerton
Henk Rogers
Nikita Efremov
Alexey Pajitnov
Sofia Lebedeva
Sasha
Anthony Boyle
Kevin Maxwell
Ben Miles
Howard Lincoln
Ken Yamamura
Minoru Arakawa
Igor Grabuzov
Valentin Trifonov
Oleg Stefan
Belikov
Ayane Nagabuchi
Akemi Rogers
Rick Yune
Bank Manager
Roger Allam
Robert Maxwell
Toby Jones
Robert Stein
Mara Huf
Tracy
Miles Barrow
Dennis Jackson
Alexey Shedko
Alexey's Lab ChiefNatalia Gonchar
MCSC Secretary
Ayano Yamamoto
Nintendo Secretary Japan
Nino Furuhata
Yamauchi's Assistant
Togo Igawa
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Kanon Narumi
Maya RogersTimur Kassimikulov
Dmitri PajitnovMark Khismatullin
Peter PajitnovKarin Nurumi
Julie Rogers
Moyo Akandé
Lincoln's Executive SecretaryBhav Joshi
Nintendo Programmer
Jenni Keenan-Green
Jo (Robert Maxwell's Secretary)
Irina Kara
Immigration Agent
Greg Kolpakchi
BorisZane Mihailova
Intourist Desk ClerkSergii Levchenko
Moscow GrocerKatarzyna Sanak
Woman at GrocersChristine Koudreiko
ELORG Secretary
Dmitriy Sharakois
Sergei
Ieva Andrejevaitė
Nina PajitnovPolina Sulim
Russian Activist
Rob Locke
Foreign Intelligence Officer
Matthew Marsh
Mikhail GorbachevPeter Burlakov
Security AdvisorDaria Westbrook
Customs AgentAnna Lavrentyeva
Flight Attendant on Plane
Aaron Vodovoz
Niki (uncredited)
Released
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- #nintendo
- #cold war
- #based on true story
- #salesman
- #copyright
- #questioning
- #duringcreditsstinger
- #mysterious
- #1980s
- #zealous
- #thoughtful
- #russia
- #wonder
- #amused
- #audacious
- #authoritarian
- #awestruck
- #powerful
- #pretentious
- #straightforward
Reviews
This starts off as quite a fun look at just how "Tetris" made it's way from being a cheap and cheerful game played in the Soviet Union into a handheld game selling and making millions across the globe. It seems it was all spotted by opportunist "Stein" (Toby Jones) who managed to get it to a games exhibition where it was then picked up by the tenacious "Hank" (an adequate Taron Egerton) who determ
Tetris, directed by Jon S. Baird, is an entertaining and fast-paced film that manages to balance a grounded story with a light tone. The screenplay is stellar, streamlined, and keeps the audience engaged throughout. Despite some old-school “America is good, Russia is bad” propaganda, which felt a little dated, the story remained engaging. However, the end of the film got a bit out there, and the c
You probably would expect a film about the origins of a simple stacking block computer game to be bland and dry, but director Jon S. Baird and writer Noah Pink give “Tetris” the glossy Hollywood treatment. The movie tells the unbelievable true story of how one of the world’s most popular video games found its way into the hands of players all over the globe. It’s a story of greed, lies, manipulati
This is a fictionalized story of how Tetris left the Soviet Union and became a worldwide phenomenon. How fictional I don’t know as I haven’t read much on the fact-based side of the story. I see there is a documentary out there featuring many of the people depicted in this film version, so that might be interest to watch. But this slice of entertainment is fast-moving and engaging so I would for
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://insessionfilm.com/movie-review-tetris/ "Tetris offers a fun, informative true story about one of the most popular videogames of all time. Filled with delightfully pixelated transitions and just the right amount of humor, as well as the game's iconic music, it's a film that makes its two hours go by in no time. It may not feature the most innovative storytellin