The time has come for Squid Game season 2. It’s an easy binge-watch with just seven episodes, a little shorter than the first season. However, it’s something you’ll want to watch once the kids are in bed.
The first season brought us a story of a desperate man who enters a game, with a chance to win billions to clear debts and start afresh. Only, the chance comes with a twist. A deadly twist at that.
The hundreds of players need to win at kids’ games. Those who don’t are killed. Yes, not winning a game of Green Light, Red Light leads to certain death. In the second season, player 456 returns to the game in hopes of bringing it to an end for good. Only, there are more twists along the way.
Squid Game is rated TV-MA for its heavy violence
The series is heavy on the violence and gore. This is not a series for the kids, despite it all being about a bunch of kid games. This is a story of survival and desperation. Just how far are people willing to go to start afresh?
Sex & nudity: There isn’t much of either of these. There are comments about sex, and there are people who hint that they could hook up, but there’s much more going on to focus on any of this.
Violence & gore: The series is packed with both violence and gore. When the players are killed in each round of the games, we visually see the injuries they sustain. There is blood splatter everywhere. This is done in a way to help us see what the other players are seeing. After all, at first, they don’t expect to learn that they’re going to die while playing the games!
This is what makes it so inappropriate for children. They’re watching these adults play the games that they would play, especially games like Green Light, Red Light. This can lead to them getting scared of playing games with their friends.
Language: There is some heavy language throughout the series. There are various uses of the F-bomb and the C-word. There are also times when women are called s**t and w***e in a way to diminish them. If you have the subtitles on, you’ll also see the words written out in full rather than being starred out.
Alcohol & drugs: A lot of the players in the game come from impoverished backgrounds and have turned to drug abuse. In fact, they owe a lot of money due to their drinking and drug habits, and we do see some of this throughout the games.
In the second season, one of the players has a cross necklace where he carries drugs inside it. Another player realizes this and ends up taking some of the drugs. We don’t just see the drug taking, but also the after-effects of the drug use.
Overall verdict: Who is Squid Game appropriate for?
This is not a series for the kids in the house. It’s officially rated TV-MA, and for some very good reasons. The level of violence is extreme, leaving lasting scars on the younger viewers.
I’d even say that not all adults will want to watch this. It depends on the level of gore that you can stand. If you like movies like Saw then Squid Game will be fine for you!
Squid Game is now available to stream on Netflix.