ashleigh_samantha_hayles Review of Squid Game

Squid Game (2021– )

So close to a 10! LOTS OF SPOILERS!

[9/10 · 1 October 2021]

The acting and character development from the main cast is outstanding! The storyline was AMAZING. I was hooked straight away.

It would have received a 10 if the VIP acting was better, they were shockingly bad and sometimes hard to ignore.

And there were also little things that were never finished/explained:

• The coughing morse code from 28 to 29.

• The battery life of 29's phone, even the leader uses a landline.

• The police chief definitely caught some of what the police guy (29) was saying on the phone. Why was no back-up whatsoever sent to his location?

• Why did the last guy give up after just being bit in the leg but 456 was stabbed twice and able to fight and win? I'm guessing that he just gave up and wanted 456 to win?

• The married couple that returned and acted shocked that only one of them could leave alive. They knew there could only be one winner in the end.

• I was super gutted that the girl was randomly impaled by glass (why did they blow up the glass, it could have killed all three finalists, risking losing a final winner).

• Was 001 called number 1 as he was secretly the winner. Did he secretly want to let 456 win? Did he allow it to happen? Isn't that going against the "fairness" of the games?

• 456 winning Squid Game as a child in the first scene in the pilot episode, totally ruined the series, I KNEW that would be the final game, so it was OBVIOUS he was going to win. I still enjoyed the ride, but it was something that at least should have had a flash back too during the last game, as I haven't seen anyone else make this comment; did they forget about it?

• His hair looked awful red. That is all.

• Why did he suddenly become impulsive and want to hunt down the gamers? Will their be a season 2? I don't understand how he thinks he can take them down; the police don't believe him and the leader/VIPs are billionaires so can hide everything/kill everyone
• He abandoned his daughter AGAIN.

• He was going to ditch the prize money AGAIN.

• When the first group of people were released, the prize money was meant to go to the bereaved families, but when the majority returned, the prize money remained. Does this mean they were lying? (because they secretly lied about a lot!) or was this a plot hole oversight?

• The leader said to keep an eye on those who didn't return to the game from the first round, but if I'm correct, nothing came of this? I was expecting it to flash outside every now and then, tracking those people down?

• One of the masked gang mentioned to 29 that if the top door in the tunnel ladder thing opened, the bomb would go off... 29 opened it later in the series whilst grinning at the leader, but no bomb went off? I was expecting a massive explosion to go off at any point as this was planted in our heads, but never happened. Bit disappointed with that.

• How did that annoying woman survive? When asked to partner up, she was left alone, why did they let her survive? But she was a weak underdog? That makes no sense... she survived the round but didn't have to compete?

• The police man that just dumped the diving gear on the rocks (that was being tracked), I kept thinking "chuck it in the water so they're thrown off" but no, he left it there and was easily found.

• Another police man one... He was trying to find his brother who had been recently untraceable. His brother was the leader... who had clearly been there a long time. How does this work? Or had he only "disappeared" during the latest games. This definitely needed more explanation.

Now that I think about it, there were A LOT of plot holes, but during watching it and before I started analysing it, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I would recommend and likely watch again! I love geeking out like this; that's how I know when I've loved something; when I can't stop thinking and analysing it!