Squid Game review

By Genesis Lemus//

The new Netflix horror series “Squid Game” has taken over social media and has reached No. 1 on Netflix’s top 10 in over 70 countries.

The South Korean based show is an interesting take on how far impoverished people are willing to go to win a huge sum of money. Individuals desperately looking to make ends meet are lured in to play children’s games where winning or death are the only two options.

If you haven’t heard about it through word-of-mouth, there is no chance that you haven’t seen any of the crazy theories, memes, and reviews all over social media. “Squid Game” quickly went viral on TikTok, with millions of users posting videos about the show.

What makes the nine-episode series so addicting is that it adds a shock factor to the innocence of children games like Red Light, Green Light, where if you move you get shot by a sniper rifle.

The cast also makes this show worth the watch with their outstanding performances. The protagonist Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-jae), an alcoholic living with his ill mother, is very likable but it’s easy to question his poor decision-making throughout the show.

Character change and grow in their own way as they adjust to the violence required for the games and develop their own strategy on how to win the 45.6 million won (roughly $37 million).

The series is in Korean and dubbed and subtitled in English. However, it is very easy to follow and it doesn’t even look like it is dubbed.

I would highly recommend everyone watch this series; it is categorized as horror, but it is not as much scary as it is graphic.

I give it a 10/10.