Squid Game

 

first of all, aku akan start dengan aku bukan penggemar genre thriller and psychotic. that's why banyak2 drama aku dah tengok mostly is romance or comedy sebab aku tak boleh tengok orang bunuh2, darah terpancut, aku akan rasa benda tu tak logik dan otak aku tak boleh proses. but apa pun, aku tengok this drama sebab kan kakak aku. dia beriya betul suruh tengok sebab dia kata best. so, shall we start?

basically drama ni tentang a game yang namanya obviously 'squid game'. it involves 456 orang. the winner will get 45.6 billion won. one of the player is song gi hun, the main lead of course. ada jugak beberapa yang main lagi, sang woo, ali, sae byeok, and beberapa orang lagi yang aku maleh nak ingat nama sebab tak semua perangai baik ada jugak yang macam sial. 

antara yang sial ialah 'boss' yang mmg berlagak and selfish and mmg sial lah perangai dia for sure. and also the mother yang katanya belum sempat bagi nama dekat anak tp dh join game ni. tu pun mmg buat aku menyirap.

awal2 episod, dia tunjuk dorang main game 'red light, green light' yang kalau dalam negara kita macam 'pukul berapa datuk harimau' tak silap aku. game tu, siapa yang bergerak lepas patung tu toleh belakang, akan di eliminate. jangan salah faham, eliminate kat sini maksudnya dibunuh. with a senapang and a loud 'bang!'.  so lepas game tu ramai lah yang nak end kan sebab tak sanggup nak mati. 

according to the third rule in the game, game boleh end if majority agrees. so they voted. and yes, the game ended. not as you may expected. but don't worry, they restarted the game. but not semua lah join. among 201 yang survived after first game, 187 rejoined. obviously bcs of money. banyak kut, kalau aku pun fikir dua tiga kali nak join balik ke tak. 

but after the restart, ada sorang polis selinap masuk. how? tengok lah sendiri. but dia pandai lah in acting like one of the staff. ha cakap pasal staff, aku tak tau kenapa aku rasa kelakar tengok staff dia sebab ada petak, segi tiga and bulat. tugas yang segi tiga, untuk tembak orang yang kalah. bulat macam orang bawahan atau bahasa mudahnya kuli and petak is the supervisors. 

polis tu tujuan sebenar dia masuk sebenarnya untuk cari abang dia but at the same time untuk find out everything abt the game like siapa dalang dia, siapa sponsor game ni, and how game ni berjaya dibuat. 

so after the restart, dorang main game lagi. ada game dalgona, guli, tarik tali, tenteng, and squid game. semuanya ialah game kanak-kanak yang dorang pernah main waktu kecik. but ofcourse lah di upgrade sikit sebab hukuman bila kalah is bunuh.

after all the games, people died and the police also kantoi. the villain is also revealed who at the very last episode. but the front man, the one who gives orders to the staffs is not the real villain. he's just a worker but okay dia still jahat. a bit excited to see who is the front man but nahh tiktok spoiled it. belum tengok lagi dah tahu so mmg spoil teruk. 

honest review : i dont like it that much. like i mentioned, aku tak suka tengok orang mati. tambahan lagi drama ni memang tak censored so nampak lah otak terkeluar darah memancut pistol tembak pisau tikam apa semua. peh ngilu. 

but the storyline? i give 5 stars. sebab logik and very realistic. and it's true. dalam dunia ni banyak orang yang sanggup buat apa je demi duit. and for some people lebih baik mati dari hidup dekat luar yang macam neraka. very life-based so that's a plus one. 

castings also perfect. fav character aku is saebyeok but yeah, she also died. and her friend walaupun takdelah kawan sangat died before her. okay that scene made me cry, ngl. suka tengok how every character portrays kan different personalities. tak semua baik, ada yang jahat, but ada yang jahat dalam diam, ada yang jahat terang-terangan. so? don't judge a book by its cover. haha tiber.

recommended but also not recommended. for thriller lovers, please watch it. for non thriller lovers, don't. nanti mimpi ngeri. aku pun sekarang terngiang ngiang lagi otak terkeluar dari kepala. uish ngeri. 

rate : 8/10