Plot: In the season, Seong Gi-hun and the players fight for survival in ever-deadlier games. In-ho welcomes the VIPs while his brother Jun-ho continues the search for the island, unaware of a traitor in their midst.
The third & final season was full of hits & misses.
Pros: It did deliver bringing emotionally gripping and engaging experience. I like its start where the last season left off. The acting from everyone was top notch definitely Lee Jung-jae. I’m surprised how amount of blood was spilled. How find the first game Hide-and-Seek quite exciting. I like the two other side plots going on. I felt for lot of the sadness watching each player died & I impressed the ended the main storyline.
Cons: The rest of the players are flawed for doing stupid decisions or underutilised. VIPS didn’t add much to the season. The last game Sky Squid Game felt fun but also overwhelming & I have mis feelings of how the finale concluded and the final moments felt like a giant turn off.
Genre: Dystopian, Survival, Thriller, Horror
Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk
Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk
Written by Hwang Dong-hyuk
Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-joon, Im Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-shim, Jo Yu-ri, Lee David, and Roh Jae-won.
Music by Jung Jae-il
Executive producers: Kim Ji-yeon, Hwang Dong-hyuk
Producer: Han Heung-seok
Cinematography: Lee Hyung-deok
Editor: Nam Na-yeong
Production companies: Siren Pictures Inc.
Network: Netflix
Casts & Characters:
Numbers in parentheses denote the character’s assigned player number in the Squid Game universe.
Main
- Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (성기훈, [sʌŋɡihun] ⓘ, 456)
- Lee Byung-hun as Hwang In-ho / the Front Man (황인호, Korean pronunciation: [hwaŋinho])
- Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho (황준호, [hwaŋdʑunho] ⓘ)
- Im Si-wan as Lee Myung-gi / “MG Coin” (이명기; [i.mjʌŋ.gi], 333)
- Kang Ha-neul as Kang Dae-ho (강대호; [kaŋ.dɛ.βo], 388)
- Park Gyu-young as Kang No-eul (강노을; [kaŋ.no.ɯɭ])
- Lee Jin-wook as Park Gyeong-seok (박경석; [pak̚.k͈jʌŋ.sːʌk̚], 246)
- Park Sung-hoon as Cho Hyun-ju (조현주; [tɕo.ʝʌn.dʑu], 120)
- Yang Dong-geun as Park Yong-sik (박용식; [pak̚.joŋ.ɕːik̚], 007)
- Kang Ae-shim as Jang Geum-ja (장금자; [tɕaŋ.gɯm.dʑa], 149)
- Jo Yu-ri as Kim Jun-hee (김준희; [kim.dʑun.ɦɰi], 222)
Special guest stars
- Park Hee-soon as Masked Officer
- Jung Ho-yeon as Kang Sae-byeok (강새벽; [kaŋ.sːɛ.bjʌk̚], 067 of the first season)
- Cate Blanchett as the American Recruiter
Recurring
- Song Young-chang [ko] as Im Jeong-dae (임정대, 100)
- Chae Kook-hee [ko] as Seon-nyeo (선녀, 044)
- Lee David as Park Min-su (박민수, 125)
- Roh Jae-won as Nam-gyu (남규, 124)
- Choi Gwi-hwa as Kim Gi-min (203)
- Lee Gyu-hoe as Kim Yun-tae (353)
- Park Jin-woo as Lee Seung-won (336)
- Woo Jung-kook as Player 039 / “Lunchbox”
- Oh Dal-su as Sea Captain Park Yeong-gil
- Jeon Seok-ho as Choi Woo-seok
- Sung Do-hyun as Kim, the mercenary leader
- Lee Sung-woo [ko] as Kim Yeong-sam (김영삼, 226)
- David Sayers as VIP #1
- Jane Wong as VIP #2
- Bryan Bucco as VIP #3
- Jordan Lambertoni as VIP #4
- Kevin Yorn as VIP #5
Guest cast
- Choi Seung-hyun as Choi Su-bong / “Thanos” (최수봉 / 타노스, 230)
- Won Ji-an as Se-mi (세미, 380)
- Lee Seo-hwan [ko] as Park Jung-bae (박정배; [pak̚.t͈ɕʌŋ.bɛ], 390)
- Lee Suk as Player 096
- Jo Si-nae [ko] as Park Mi-hwa (박미화, 006)
- Kim Geum-sun as Player 349
- Cho Ah-in as Seong Ga-yeong, Gi-hun’s daughter
- Park Hye-jin as Sang-woo’s mother and Kang Cheol’s adoptive mother
- Park Si-wan as Kang Cheol, the younger brother of Kang Sae-byeok
- Choi Jae-sup as Park Man-cheol, a broker involved with Sae-byeok and No-eul
Additionally, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk makes a small cameo appearance.
I Highly recommend watching seasons one and two before watching this one all on Netflix.
Rating: 7 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe