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Tetris

2023 · 118 min

A zippy, colourful Cold War caper that turns contract wrangling into a giddy race, with pixel-art flourishes and an underdog warmth.

Directed by
Jon S. Baird
Genres
Thriller, History, Drama
Starring
Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva
Tagline
The game you couldn't put down. The story you couldn't make up.
Overview
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.

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  • Apple TV
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Jon S. Baird
Genres
Thriller, History, Drama
Starring
Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • corruption
  • power
  • friendship
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
thriller, history, drama
Directed by
Jon S. Baird
Written by
Noah Pink
Starring
Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva, Anthony Boyle, Ben Miles, Ken Yamamura, Igor Grabuzov, Oleg Stefan
Music
Lorne Balfe
Cinematography
Alwin H. Küchler, Simon Hayes
Runtime
118 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian

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