On June 27, Netflix released Samide game season 3marking the explosive ending of the survival series acclaimed globally. Returning with a production budget of $ 74 million and very high expectations, the final chapter follows Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-Jae) while the deadly game returns to dismantle it from the inside. What takes place is a heartbreaking narrative of failed rebellion, human tragedy and a chilling suggestion that the game may not be finished after everything.
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Gi-Hun’s rebellion fails, leaving only the blame
After winning 45.6 billion wins in season 1, Gi-Hun returns to Play of squid persecuted by nightmares and guided by the desire to destroy the inhuman system. It forms an underground alliance, takes weapons from the pink guards and leads an assault against the man of the border (Lee byung-hun). But a critical error of Dae-Ho (Kang Ha-Neul) – Wandering to shoot with an empty gun: lead for the failure of their revolt. Gi-Hun looks at his team to die and is the only one brought back to life in a coffin, full of guilt and thirst for revenge.
A new cruel game begins
Brutality intensifies with the first challenge, a twisted version of hide and seek-in the teams are randomly assigned red or blue jackets. The members of the red team must kill at least one member of the blue team to survive. In the midst of this chaos, a jun-hee pregnant competitor goes into labor. Geum-Ja (Re a-Sim) and Hyun-Joo helps her to deliver her baby into one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the series. In a tragic turning point, Geum-Ja kills his son Yong-Sik (Dong-geun) Due to the team draw and later committed suicide.
In the second game, a great challenge of the rope for jumps, Gi-Hun takes the place of Geum-Ja to protect Jun-Hee and his newborn. But Jun-Hee, suffering from an ankle injury, sacrifices himself to save his child. The front man and the VIPs cruelly assign the number of his mother, “222”, highlighting the total lack of humanity of the system.
In the final, nine survivors, including gi-hun, myeong-gi (In the si-wan) and the child: complete the structures in the shape of □, △ and ○. Each structure requires a sacrifice for others to advance. Myeong-Gi, torn between the saving of the child or the victory of the game, eventually falls after a fight, allowing Gi-Hun to escape with the child. But in a final turning point, G-Hun realizes that he has never pressed the start button for the game. In front of the man of the border and the VIPs, he declares, “Humans are not pawns”, Before voluntarily going out and ending his life.
Meanwhile, the no-eul pink guard (Park Gyu-Young) helps Gyeong-Seok (Lee Jin-Uk) escape the island with the hope of treating his sick daughter. Jun-Ho detective (Wi ha-Joon), after tracking down the island and faced his brother (the man of the front), he is left with the winning card of the game and the child, marking a possible new beginning.
Review of season 3: deeper characters, but the impact of season 1 are missing
While the 3 season improves the defects of season 2, especially with the depth of the character and the emotional weight of the child’s plot, still lacks the tension and raw originality that made season 1 a phenomenon. Director Hwang Dong-Hyuk He said that if season 1 was a criticism of capitalism and season 2 depicted the uselessness of the revolution, then season 3 concerns the inner despair and fear of losing trust in humanity.
Despite being called “last season”, the last scene shows two people playing the Ddakji card game in a road in the United States. A mysterious woman closes her eyes with the man on the front, strongly suggesting the Play of squid It will continue. Hwang Dong-Hyuk AND Lee byung-hun They mentioned the US interviews that spin-offs or sequels could be coming.
The ending leaves the spectators questioned: will the cycle ever end? Can jun-hos raise the child differently? It will be the next Play of squid be even more global? One thing is certain: ** Squid Game Season 3 ** closes a chapter, but opens the doors to many others.
