Is the Tetris movie worth your time (or an Apple TV+ subscription)? Here’s our review:
That sets off a mad race to license the various rights to the game from the Russians, including scenes that play more like pinball than , with the head of the Russian government agency in charge of selling computer software to the West bouncing from one conference room to another as Rogers, Stein, and Kevin Maxwell all simultaneously try to negotiate their way into a sweetheart deal.
The climax goes so far over the top that it breaks the film’s and are instead watching a phony Hollywood movie. is a light, entertaining time, powered in large part by Egerton’s winning performance as Henk Rogers. With his big smile and limitless enthusiasm, he’s an underdog you find yourself rooting for, even if all he’s doing is making a lot of money by screwing a bunch of businessmen out of a deal they arguably have just as much of a claim to as he does.
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