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- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary The reality competitive series based on the series Squid Game features 456 contestants competing to possibly win $4.56 million.
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Squid Game: The Challenge
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 22, 2023
51
3.2
Summary The reality competitive series based on the series Squid Game features 456 contestants competing to possibly win $4.56 million.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
51
32% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
32% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
51
32% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
32% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
With its eclectic cast and inventive updates to the original, Squid Game: The Challenge manages to serve up palpable suspense and authentic human drama without murdering a single contestant.
With money at stake, rather than life itself, some of the cooped-up politicking in the middle episodes smacks wearily of Big Brother. Other passages of play lean too heavily on popularity contests. But by the final few episodes the tension, intrigue and antagonism are bubbling to the boil. I’ve seen eight of the ten episodes and am agog to discover how ruthless the last dollar-driven survivors can be.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 62 User Ratings
3.2
27% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
10% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
63% Negative
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 62 User Ratings
3.2
27% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
10% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
63% Negative
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
i lost, im very mad because they shot me!! this is violence and i do not approve wish i got the money, my family would bathe in gold plating
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Along with the usual tension of the ticking clock, the tough task, the difficult decision — all very effective — participants are made uncomfortable on a moral level; one might be called upon to choose between acting nobly and metaphorically assassinating a competitor, in front of the crowd. They may be forced to face themselves. It’s clever that way. .... But in “Squid Game: The Challenge,” the only audience is, you know, the audience, make of us what you will.
Like most competition programs, it’s highly bingeable, even addictive. Yet it’s too obviously packaged, its games carelessly designed.
The feuds and alliances will likely heat up as the competition gets tighter, and the possibility of other new challenges adds some intrigue. But that first batch of five episodes is kind of a snooze. Squid Game: The Challenge is no match for Squid Game itself — and in the annals of reality contest shows, it's no great shakes either.
In pretending that the stakes are much higher than they actually are, the entire enterprise feels trivialized.
Although it gestures at some of the more complicated questions lurking beneath its existence, this is merely lip service without any real care or substance. All the gimmicks it throws in at the margins can't hide how morally bankrupt it is at its core. When we look back on the rise of streaming, Squid Game: The Challenge will be the show that saw the fires of hell and decided to find an even more craven low.
It just feels so scripted. Although the set is pretty cool, it doesn't work for me.
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Final characters were fairly unlikeable which made the last couple of episodes a bit less interesting, but remains a good premise for a show. Low rating given for the insertion of needless discussions about sexuality in a show that would otherwise provide family entertainment.
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They took everything that made Squid Games great and got rid of it. The only thing carried over from the original is its name, "Squid Games." Imagine taking 007/James Bond franchise, removing everything about the franchise except the name. Then you put two groups of people together on a beach. The new show's premise is to see which team can throw sand into the eyes of every player on the opposing. Throw in some interviews. Reset the teams whenever one side loses 50% of its players. Rinse and repeat until there is only 1 player left. Oh yeah, everyone is competing for the prize money. How much you ask? It doesn't matter because it's not 007/James Bond.
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Production Company:
- Studio Lambert
- The Garden
Initial Release Date: Nov 22, 2023
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Nominations
Art Directors Guild
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
