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Review: Tetris (2023)

Later in March, the premiere of “Tetris” will take place – a feature film about the game of the same name, but rather reminiscent of the movie “Bridge of Spies” rather than the “Emoji Movie”. That’s what Filmtopps’ Eric Diedrichs thinks anyway.

over several years There was talk of a “Tetris movie”, for a while there was talk of a trilogy. I thought it was crazy, but now that I’ve seen the result, I’m really surprised. There is much more to Tetris than a few blocks.

It should be noted that this is not a movie that takes place inside a weird Tetris-style world emoji movie or one social networkA film about the creation of the game. No, this is more of an East-West spy story. a little bit as if Spies Bridge It was a friend’s movie and the pursuit of video game rights that created the next crisis between the Soviet Union and the United States.

The game everyone will play

On one side is an iron curtain we’ve got Alexi Bagetton, the Russian who blogged Tetris in his spare time. In the Soviet Union, pirated copies of the game spread like wildfire and Alexey did not even think of making money on his creation. Everything still belongs to the state in the union where everyone is in an equally bad state. On the other hand, we have Hank Rogers, an American game developer who stumbled upon Tetris at a trade show in San Francisco. The game is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen and he decides to do everything he can to get the rights. Money must come!

Easier said than done. In the Soviet Union, Henk is soon thrown into a game of double, triple, and quadruple politics as everyone tries to blow everyone up while the crumbling Soviet Union makes a last ditch effort against the United States. Even local politicians understand that the gray days of communism are over and that it is important to extract as much as possible before smashing the hammer and sickle. In other words, a portion of Tetris pie isn’t a bit tempting. It gets even messier when delegating to the British media Robert Maxwell He decides to join the battle as well.

Taron Egerton and Nikita Efremov film

Visually, the movie is good At its most impressive when it comes to recreating the moribund Soviet Union – Moscow really does look like it’s falling apart – a perfect backdrop for our colorful heroes. Henk and Alexei are played by Rocket Man– the actor Taron Egertonwhich continues to go from lucidity to lucidity, and Nikita Efremov – to me a newcomer who makes a very rude and believable Russian. They make a sweet duo that brings to mind the 80’s buddy movies. Without them, I wouldn’t have done it John S. Birdmovie action. The director he is perhaps best known for full and half (2018), he is adept with his actors and it is quite clear that it is they who interest him, and not anything else. through thick and thin.

The veracity of all the rounds can of course be called into question, some parts are clearly shown quite Hollywood-style, but if the truth is even half as sexy, then I say hats off to Alexi and Henk.

Tetris premieres on Apple TV+ March 31st.