Everyone seems mad that this is a rip off of Squid Game, when I feel like a bunch of what comes out right now could be considered rip offs of Squid Game, when Squid Game in itself is already a premise that Alice in Borderland and Liar Game did first.
The concept of a series of children's Games having a hidden dark twist to them is not something Squid Game started, and it's not something that Only Squid Game should be allowed to use.
This movie was very enjoyable, and while you can predict how the ending will go down fairly early into the movie, I feel it does a good job at making you question your prediction every now and then.
Plus, even if you know which characters are going to make it, the joy in a premise like this should be seeing How they reach it. This entire premise is about learning to think on your feet and outside the box.
I wish this movie was more like Liar Game or Alice in Borderland, with people learning to work together and fight the system instead of letting the system make them think they have to fight each other.
When it comes to actual criticisms that actually have to do with the movie, and not other stuff that the general public apparently likes more, I thought the acting could have been a little better, but the fact that I didn't know a single actor in this entire movie I felt said a lot. I appreciate any movie or show that feels confident enough to not get a famous person into their product to help sell it better. Hopefully some, if not all of these actors impressed someone with their performance and is off to even better things.
Also, I couldn't help but notice that the cast wasn't very diverse. I believe there's only one cast member who isn't white in this whole movie, but I just hope whoever was casting the actors really were picking the best people for the job and not being biased.
I felt the Games were fairly creative and honestly, I would actually love to see a sequel to this. It's not like the people claiming it's just a Squid Game rip off and thus has no value is going to change their minds anyway.
I wish all the people who worked on this movie good luck in future endeavors. It takes a shocking amount of effort to get a movie off the ground, and this was a solid well done job.