Tetris (2023)

Tetris reconstructs with thriller-like efficacy the race for the rights to the world's most famous video game in the midst of the Cold War. The film serves as a period piece: it contrasts capitalist entrepreneurship—ingenious, risky, personal—with Soviet bureaucracy—opaque, corrupt, depersonalizing. The screenplay does not need to resort to caricature: it demonstrates with historical facts how totalitarian machinery stifles individual initiative. Henk Rogers emerges as a classic protagonist: a man who risks his assets and his safety for a vision, trusting his judgment against general skepticism. Tension mounts as negotiations become entangled in webs of power and deceit. The direction opts for political suspense rather than physical action.

For parents: the language is adult (frequent profanity in negotiation and conflict contexts) and there are moments of considerable tension, but without graphic violence or sexual content. It is a work that invites reflection on freedom, perseverance, and the cost of totalitarianism. Appropriate for mature adolescents with parental guidance.