Apple TV Plus film Tetris beat out Ted Lasso in the ratings charts the week it was released, which is no small feat considering Ted Lasso's popularity. Tetris tells the incredible real-life story of how a simple video game created in Russia during the Cold War became a worldwide phenomenon despite the odds. But how much of this thriller is actually true and how much was exaggerated for the sake of punching up the drama? Warning: there are spoilers ahead, so you might not want to read this until after you've watched the film.
Taron Egerton plays Henk Rogers, the Dutch-born American video game salesman based in Japan who discovers Tetris at the CES tradeshow in 1988. He sees its potential and sets out to secure rights to the game so he can bring it to the world. But first, he must go behind the Iron Curtain and navigate the complex and dangerous bureaucracy of the Soviet Union. He's also in competition with two other companies, Mirrorsoft and Andromeda software, for the international rights to Tetris, a fact that Russian company Elorg (Elektronorgtechnica) uses to its advantage. Who knew a movie about a video game would play like a spy thriller?
