Pick of the week
Squid Game
The first game may be over but the desperation underpinning it is stronger than ever; there will always be another group of victims forced into risking everything by society’s inequities. As the smash Korean drama returns, everyone left standing is bearing the scars. Most troubled is the victor, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who is determined to put a stop to the winner-takes-all contest – at the cost of making the ultimate sacrifice. Squid Game’s satirical, polemical intentions feel foregrounded this time round and there’s arguably too much expository prologue. But as the brutal action begins, the themes of impotence in the face of unaccountable power have lost none of their resonance.
Netflix, from Boxing Day
