Taron Egerton's Tetris movie can't quite fit all of its pieces together

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Taron Egerton's Tetris movie can't quite fit all of its pieces together
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It's available to watch now on Apple TV+.

? We've all been addicted to that game over the years, but you'd be forgiven for thinking there's nothing to adapt for a movie. However, one of the biggest games of all time has a wild backstory you might not know., a video game created by Russian computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov. Confident he'd discovered the next big thing, Rogers risked everything by travelling to the Soviet Union to win the rights to the game.

But Rogers wasn't the only interested party looking to profit from Tetris, which also included media tycoon Robert Maxwell . And so began a legal battle which saw Rogers team up with Pajitnov to bringIt's the kind of story that is so unbelievable, it can only be true. In the hands of, the story morphs into a fast-paced Cold War thriller filled with secret deals, car chases and spies.

The result is an entertaining watch, but one you wish placed a bit more faith in the true story it's based on. There's been a liberal use of creative license to bring the story to the screen, even if the spirit of it and of its main players are accurate to real life.becomes less engaging. It's a jarring tonal shift and the movie can't quite fit its pieces together satisfyingly, the backroom chats replaced by a frenetic dash to the airport that proves less interesting.

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