Squid Game

Cast: Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, OYeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi ,
Kim Joo-ryoung

Director: Hwang Dong-hyuk

Synopsis: Seong Gi-hun, a divorced and indebted chauffeur, is invited to participate in a series of children's
games in exchange for a chance to win a significant financial award. When he accepts the deal, he is
transported to an undisclosed location where he is placed among 455 other insolvent players.

Review:
The plot starts with the main characters stuck in places of high poverty, debt and terrible conditions. From
there, the show often shifts pace, slowing down and focusing on the characters and then speeding up to a gory
fast-paced game. During the first game I have to admit I was shocked by the change in dynamic. Unfortunately
if you were expecting a constantly engaging type of show, I have to admit Squid Game falls a little short. At
times, the action drew out to the point where I skipped through the scene. But mostly, my eyes were glued to
the screen the whole time, except for the moments I spent sobbing.

They expressed the emotions expected and kept me longing for more. Even the worst characters with the most
complicated personalities were portrayed in ways that made me pity them. Cho Sang-Woo, who killed not one
but two of my favorite characters, had me empathizing with the way he was feeling and crying for his mother
after his death. My only wish was that these characters had more time developing the relations between them
and their own individual personalities. The hardest deaths for me were from the characters that weren’t
featured as heavily and whose relationships were basically neglected.However, there were definitely areas
where I was not as enamored with the show as I would have liked to have been.

The final game, for one, dragged on for far too long with far too predictable an outcome (but who am I to
judge?). In all fairness Netflix has started to put out some incredible short series and this is definitely one of
them.The series definitely had me questioning all aspects of trust, faith and love, especially as I bawled my
eyes out over characters I barely knew or flinched at the almost obscene images. The show certainly picked a
good time to air, with a lot of talent and a little luck making it one of the most popular shows to date. But this
isn’t really a surprise, as audiences of Squid Game know that “Good rain knows the best time to fall.”