‘Tetris’ Review: Taron Egerton in a Compelling Video Game Origin Story That Could Have Been More

The actor plays Henk Rogers in Jon S. Baird's fictionalized look at the licensing battle around the popular puzzle game Tetris, premiering at SXSW.

at the end of March, more than an ordinary origin story.

Baird uses the convoluted licensing battle around the game to frame a sturdy and occasionally funny drama about capitalism, intellectual property and the specter of the Soviet Union’s dissolution.’ willingness to tackle these themes indeed makes it more absorbing than your average streamer fare, but it also makes you wish the film went farther in exploring its ambivalence about the relationship between creative expression and greed.

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