The ultra-violent South Korean drama 'Squid Game' has returned with a vengeance in its second season, with main character Seong Gi-hun set on revenge against the game's orchestrators. The trailer hints at a new round of deadly children's games for cash prizes, following the massive success of the first season which claimed 1.65 billion hours of viewing on Netflix.
, an ultra-violent South Korean drama, landed on Netflix in 2021, many of us were in lockdown with little better to do than rot in front of the TV.
The show, which saw people in deep financial hardship risk their lives in a series of deadly children’s games for the chance to win a cash prize, was a resounding success. According to Netflix, it claimed 1.65 billion hours of viewing in 28 days following its premiere, making it the platform’sNow, three years later, season two is finally about to be released. The trailer shows main character Seong Gi-hun returning to the horrific game, intent on revenge against its orchestrators.
His intentions are therefore known to the game-masters, so there must be good reason for them to allow him to compete again. Here’s a theory: they reached an agreement to end the competition for good if Gi-hun wins, thereby lifting the stakes for both Gi-hun and the mega-affluent people watching the game as entertainment.game features in the trailer, but it appears season two will consist of new, perhaps more dangerous, games. There’s a sequence that resembles tic-tac-toe, replete with giant X and O flooring, and in the promotional poster, we see an eerie merry-go-round circus setting.
Will fans care enough to tune back in? If the trailer’s performance is any indication, it seems they will. After just two hours on YouTube, it already claimed 265,000 views. And with the glut ofavailable online, it’s unlikely people will give up on the show if they don’t have time to re-watch.Finally, it drops on Boxing Day, a date known for vegging out and watching TV. This is perhaps as close to a lockdown as the showrunners could get, and we all know how effective that was.
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