Squid Game
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. A tempting prize awaits, but with deadly high stakes.
Callum reviewed
November 5, 2025•
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Because 5 is not enough – Squid Game – The Price of Survival, Paid in Blood and Humanity
If Blue Lights shows the grit of moral compromise, Squid Game turns that compromise into spectacle — a psychological Battle Royale for the streaming age. A kaleidoscope of candy-coloured despair, it weaponises childhood nostalgia to expose adult corruption.
What starts as one desperate man’s last gamble quickly becomes a mirror for society itself. From the gambler clawing for redemption to the debt collector hiding behind his mask, every character is both predator and prey. Across its three arcs — the player, the infiltrator, and finally the organiser — the story peels away layers of morality until we’re left staring at our own reflection in the blood-slick floor.
Even bilingual fans who nit-pick the English translation admit that no dub can dilute its message: humanity’s cruelty doesn’t need subtitles. The design lures you in with playground pastels and geometric precision, only to show how perfectly greed and desperation fit inside the human soul.
In the end, everything circles back to family — the reason Gi-Hun entered the game, and the one prize no victory can restore. Squid Game is not merely watched; it’s endured, absorbed, and remembered — a brutal dance where empathy and horror share the same mask.