Created by writer/director Hwang Dong-hyuk, the Emmy-winning “Squid Game,” Netflix‘s most-watched series of all time, has returned for a second season. Season 1 of the South Korean survival thriller followed Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), a divorced father and gambling addict who joins...
Netflix’s Squid Game is back for a season 2. And its surprisingly effective philosophical musings actually make it a compelling sequel story. Our review
‘Squid Game’ Review: Season 2 Reboots for a Rousing Return, but the Novelty Is Missing In the sequel to Hwang Dong-hyuk's global smash hit, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is desperate to end the games for good, but Netflix — uh, I mean the Front Man — has other ideas. ...
Fantastic though it was, Squid Game's self-contained first season didn't really need a sequel, so your enjoyment level may depend on whether you're a glass-half-full person ("Yay, more Squid Game!") or a cynic ("Netflix just wants to capitalize on a popular brand"). ...
Back in the fall of 2021, the first season of Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk’s unbelievably bloody, deliciously satirical and frequently silly South Korean thriller became a global phenomenon. Within a month, it was a critical darling and Netflix’s most popular show of all time—watched by ...
Squid Game Season 2 Video Review 4 months, 3 weeks - The hit Netflix show Squid Game is back, with Squid Game season 2. In IGN’s Squid Game season 2 review, we discuss how Squid Game finds its second wind by exploring the complex layers of a deadly system. Storytelling continues to...
The first season of "Squid Game" ends on a rather decisive note. Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who wins the titular game in a pyrrhic victory, chooses to stay behind and challenge the barbaric notion of pitting struggling, desperate folks against each other. The deaths of his friends weigh ...
The second season of 'Squid Game' just had its largest viewership decline and has a hard road to catch the record set by Season 1.
Three years after it first premiered,Squid Gameis returning to Netflix. Here is what you need to know about the second season of the hit dystopian drama. Q: When is it coming out? A: At the exact moment when you get kicked off your ex’s Netflix account. ...
Review ‘Squid Game’ is back for Season 2, and Player 456 is on a crusade to end it Dec. 26, 2024 The first time around, the series was hailed as a brutal critique of economic exploitation and capitalist society thanks to its depiction of the contestants’ backstories, as well as its...