Tetris
“The game you couldn't put down. The story you couldn't make up.”
ThrillerHistoryDrama
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.
VIBE
This film delivers a surprisingly propulsive, retro-cool ride through the high-stakes world of 80s intellectual property. It's a tense, exhilarating corporate thriller infused with Cold War intrigue and a distinct video game aesthetic, making for a uniquely stylized historical drama that keeps you on the edge.
tenseexhilaratingretro-coolsuspensefulunderstatedly thrillingpropulsive1980s period piececorporate thrillerstylized historical dramavideo game aestheticinnovationcapitalism vs. communismintellectual propertyambitionbureaucracy
race against timevideo gamenintendocold warbased on true storysalesmancopyrightduringcreditsstinger1980srussiaursscommunist regimeinternational travelcontract disputesgame licensingintellectual property rightssoviet bureaucracykgb surveillance
