NoThere is no two without three: a few days before the arrival of the second season of one of the most watched series in the world,Squid Game 3 is already ready in the starting blocks. Designed by author Hwang Dong-hyuk, his well-deserved success exploded in 2021 thanks to the thriller atmosphere, the excellent cast and a touch of well-calibrated criticism of social inequalities that do not only involve South Korea.
Contrary to the warm reception of the first season, Squid Game 2 – available on Netflix from December 26th – doesn’t seem to have completely convinced his fans, who now anxiously await the island’s latest adventures.
Squid Game 3will it be done?
It’s official now: thanks to the teaser released on New Year’s Day, the new and final season of Squid Game is upon us. Netflix has guaranteed its arrival in 2025while in an interview with Variety, Hwang Dong-hyuk limited the period between Summer and early Autumn. Actually, the media are certain that it will arrive exactly on June 27, 2025.
The source is, despite itself, the streaming platform itself. In the video posted by Netflix Korea’s YouTube account, promptly withdrawn, This date was entered by mistake. Nothere is no shortage of other surprises about the third season. The short video introduction shows the infamous Young-heethe game’s creepy, laser-eyed killer doll Red Light, Green Light, flanked by an equally disturbing doll. With a black polo shirt with green stripes, a matching cap and a dangerously vacant look, here’s Chul-su.
The new Chul-su doll from “Squid 3” (Netflix)
Squid Game 3what we know about the third season
The plot, for obvious reasons, is top secret and this has increased an astonishing number of assumptions on social networks and conjectures. There are those who think or hope to find new adventures even outside the island, perhaps in Europe. Who hypothesizes an American spin-off directed by David Fincher. Although the name of has been mentioned with great insistence Leonardo DiCaprio guest stars on Squid Game 3 in the role of himself, Netflix categorically denied it the presence of the Titanic star.
Also new in the cast. Although the teaser does not reveal the cast of season three, some clues show three new competitors, identifiable by the numbers 96, 100 and 353. However, the characters from last season largely remain, at least those who survived the dramatic finale. The center of the story will still be Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), player 456.
The winner of the games of the first seasonafter the sensational mourning, the death of his best friend, will leave with a much more complicated and painful situation, looking for revenge. The Front Man is waiting for him again (Lee Byung-hun) once again ready to ruin his life. The fate of number 246, the creative who played to help his sick daughter, is not entirely clear.
Squid Game 2the plot of the second season
Gi-hunafter being the unexpected winner, he had the only desire to hunt down the cruel and sadistic inventors of the deadly games. In the second season, we find him 3 years after the events: he has spent a large part of his millionaire winnings desperately searching for Front Man Lee Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun) and his horrid group of tormentors.
To keep the promise to the old self, returns to the island to compete with the aim of destroying this perverse mechanism. Meet new players. Among them hides an unexpected character, player 001, with whom Gi-hun has a dangerous bond. Meanwhile, Hwang Jun-ho, (Wi Ha-joon) the policeman who managed to save himself continues to investigate tenaciously, in search of the island and his brother.
Lee Jung-jae as Gi-hun in “Squid Game 3” (Netflix)
New game, new rules
Competitors can once again choose whether, at the end of each round, they want to continue or stop. The diabolical stipulation is that the prize money is divided among those who reach the end. This creates irreconcilable conflicts, alliances and low blows. Among the protagonists, the mother and son couple stands outJang Geum-ja (Kang Ae-shim) and Park Yong-sik (Yang Dong-geun).
She is an elderly but very energetic woman, he is a boy so fearful that he is exactly her opposite. There is no lack of a pro-gender quota with the transgender Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon) former special forces soldier. Participate with number 120 to pay for the operations necessary for sex change. There are also those who hide their identity out of subversion: Kang No-eul (Park Gyu-young) is a North Korean woman disguised as a soldier.
Last but not least, there is talk of shady organ trafficking and the presence of a villain, the pestiferous and unpleasant Thanos, a drug-addicted rapper and ready for anything. Actor Choi Seung-hyun is a real musician and, like his alter ego, was entangled in a drug affair 9 years ago.
Young-hee, the iconic doll of Squid Game (Netflix)
How is the second season
This season appears unconvincing compared to the compelling events of the primary season. The most important point, the one who can handle the entire story, it’s the interaction between Gi-hun and the mysterious contestant. What takes away the appeal is the poor character construction of the new protagonists. Each role appears poorly defined, often expendable and they fail to add intensity to events.
There was no shortage of controversy a bit sterile on the choice of give the role of a transgender to an actor who is not. What instead strikes at the heartin addition to the crudeness of the challenges, it is right to point out that this capitalist madness, where money matters more than human lives, it also thrives thanks to the tacit will of the victims. The midseason season ends in a tragic way to say the least, with scuffles, rebellions and extreme violence. Will the ending be able to find sparkle and plausible surprises?
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