This review of Squid Game season 2 is spoiler-free.

In the weeks after Squid Game season 1 hit Netflix, it felt like everyone was talking about it.

So, how exactly do you follow that?

Squid Game season 2

Yet, he’s different this time around.

Then there’s the dynamic with the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun).

Alongside them, we get to know a whole new crop of contestants.

Squid Game season 2

They’re examples of what makes Squid Game so powerful: its exploration of humanity at breaking point.

Naturally then, it’s the sequences inside the arena that are the most exhilarating to watch.

Here, the players get to play a fair game under the same conditions.

Squid Game season 2

Squid Game season 2 is streaming on Netflix now.

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