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Squid Game tries to be a somewhat psychological thriller at its end but missteps horribly. It fails to go past the superficial psychological layer it tries to breach. People killing each other for money? What's new? Blood and gore? Yawn! Goofy costumes? Laughs in Money Heist. Plot Holes? By the Dozen. The games are not even remotely amusing bar one or two of them. The elimination process is literally the only thing that made me look at the screen occasionally. Let's not even get started on the acting. From the get go, Squid Game fails to take shape and morphs into whatever the director wanted as it went on.

The fact that this show is the talk of the town is a sign of the times. Netflix shows besting other TV shows in the market but definitely not in quality. I really hope this isn't where mainstream TV is heading.

First things first, it's a Netflix show, don't go into it with the expectation that it should match the quality of a HBO Emmy-nominated show. I don't know if other reviewers expected that. Limit your expectations. That being said, I found it very engaging and had many moving parts. Lots of fast action and was definitely worth the watch. Saw it all in one seating. It's not the highest budget show but it really came out well given what it had. I could draw a slight comparison to it with Gangs of London.

PS: Don't be thrown off by the action sequence in first 5 minutes.