Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Greg Chun, Stephen Fu
The Korean Television show Squid Game is officially the biggest on-screen cultural phenomenon. The Netflix original K-drama has managed to transcend borders with its incredible storyline and epic shock-value. Squid game is currently the most-watched show on Netflix and is on course to take the reigns as the most-streamed show of all time.
In South Korea, a bunch of people with massive debts and in the throes of financial ruin find themselves invited to a mysterious game that promises them a big payday if they stand victorious. Seong Gi-hun is one of these people. Having lost his job, his marriage and the custody of his daughter, Gi-hun lives with his ageing mother and spends his days gambling.
Gi-hun accepts the game invitation and is taken unconscious to a mysterious location, where he wakes up in a dormitory with 455 other players who are only identified by numbers on their clothes. Men in pink jumpsuits and black masks with shapes on them are the staff that manage the players.
Over the course of six days, the players are expected to play six games that will challenge their physical strength as well as their mental agility. However, there is a dark twist that none of them ever anticipated. Will the players continue the game knowing what is at stake?
Squid Game has come as a surprise to many, one that will glue your eyes to the screen for nine episodes straight! The originality of the idea, the visual effects and of course, the acting are outstanding and incomparable to anything we have ever seen on television in our lives!
Star rating: 5 stars
