Last players standing, Vietnamese grandmother Mai Whelan – aka number 287 – and Hawaii scuba-diving instructor Phill Cain – 451 – slugged it out for a $4.56 million prize via a game of rock, paper, scissors. Unfortunately, the series, filmed over 16 days at Wharf Studios in East London, ultimately eliminates itself in an underwhelming finale. *Spoiler warning: the winner of Squid Game: The Challenge is revealed below* It has done so while honouring the aesthetics of the original Squid Game – from the candy-cane colour scheme to the masked guards with circles and squares on their faces. This brutal reality show has, across 10 episodes, funnelled hundreds of contestants into games of chance and betrayal, characterised by ever more extreme levels of psychological brutality. As a study in emotional torture, Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix) is easily equal to the 2021 Korean drama from which it is adapted.
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