Summary
The story behind bringing Tetris to Japan and also the Gameboy.
I do think there is an interesting story here, I think that the scenes in which the dialogue is quick paced and things and moving nicely along are engaging and that the wheeling and dealing aspects about this story are interesting. It is just that these aspects of the film are sandwiched in-between a hell of a lot of filler, exposition and needless asides.
I think that this film is really brutally paced, and could have done with being about half an hour shorter. I do think there is promise here but that it gets lost amongst a sea of needless scenes. This bad pacing makes the film hard to watch and engage with.
I think that Taron Egerton is doing his best to anchor this film, and does the whole plucky thing well, but he doesn’t show much range at all here and his performance is fairly one note. A plucky businessman who needs to make a deal happen. His character was somewhat hard to tell apart from any number of other characters he has played recently that have followed a similar role.
Overall, an interesting story but one that gets way too bogged down to be fun.
2.5/5
Pros.
The story itself is interesting
The wheeling dealing scenes are fun
The story of friendship is nice as well
Cons.
It is boring at times
Egerton
The pacing is brutal
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