Squid Game

Squid Game, Netflix's new Korean survival drama has been cherished by director Hwang Dong-Hyuk - the man behind The Fortress, Miss Granny for more than a decade. He first came up with the idea for the film 13 years ago, inspired by a comic book about a group of people thrust into the middle of an extreme game without their knowledge. The title of the film reminds the audience of a popular Korean children's game, which is played on an empty field with shapes drawn on the ground, but hidden behind it is blood, violence, and no humanity. . A group of 456 contestants are selected and taken to a secret location where they will be pitted against each other. If you pass all levels, the winner will receive 45.6 billion won. It sounds simple - what adult can easily beat a child's game? - but the players soon discover in the most horrifying way that being eliminated does not mean a return to normalcy.

For those who are fans of Asian films, the first thing that can be identified is the horror, sensational shock of Japanese cinema that has a great influence on Squid Game, as well as the "concepts" from Hunger Games and the most classic must mention Battle Royale. The producer of Squid Game is not afraid to perform gruesome murder and gore scenes. The contestants only realized the horror at the start of a deadly game of Red Light, Green Light, which took place in a blazing sun that the characters and viewers – had nowhere to hide from. Those in pink show cruelty when burning the bodies of the losers, not distinguishing between the dead and the dying.

Many segments of Squid Game have a clear point, highlighted by writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk that the source of the violence comes from conflicts so close to us, which makes the film so horrifying much more. The game is horrible, but that horror is very realistically contextualized; can even happen out in the arena, everywhere.