In a new revival of deadly game-show-themed thrillers, Squid Game is most notably on everyone’s radar. But Netflix has a plethora of equally exhilarating series that push the boundaries of survival game shows. Writer-director Shinsuke Sato, recognized for works like Kingdom and I Am a Hero, dazzles with crafty deathmatches in Alice in Borderland. The series not only spins the Alice down the rabbit hole trope, but brilliantly turns an ordinary deck of playing cards into an onslaught of intense, violent games. In the show, randomly selected people all throughout Tokyo are thrown into games directly associated with the cultural/social interpretation of a playing card. Each suit and number define the game’s motivation and in some cases the answer.
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