The particular series of The Squid Game It is on everyone's lips and that is helping to highlight the fantastic production that comes to us from South Korea. The country is an inexhaustible source of interesting titles and today we are going to show it to you. Did you drink all 10 episodes of the first season of the series and now you want more? Well, you are in the right place. Aim.
The squid game, an unexpected success
Not even the red N itself expected such boom. This has been confirmed by one of its managers in a recent interview, in which, on behalf of the company, he confessed that "they did not see it coming." And it is that The Squid Game It is the topic of conversation at all meetings and the protagonist of all kinds of memes and publications on the internet, not to mention that it is very close to becoming the most watched series on Netflix.
In case you live in a cave and have not heard of it, it is a South Korean series directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk which is composed for the moment by a season of 10 chapters. In it we meet Lee Jung-jae, a divorced man addicted to horse racing who barely makes it to the end of the month and who decides to participate in a game after a proposal from a mysterious man, whom he meets one night at the subway, and who promises you a large amount of money that will solve all your problems.
The problem, of course, is that he will soon discover that nothing was as he imagined, unable to escape the macabre game in which he has been involved.
A hectic pace, a very original proposal and an effective staging are the ingredients that are combined in this series that is sweeping the platform and that you have probably already finished, leaving you wanting more. Do you want other similarly interesting proposals? Well keep reading.
Korean alternatives on Netflix
We leave you below a list with the best proposals available right now on Netflix.
Snowpiercer: Snowbreaker
Well, this series is not really Korean but it is based on a movie that is, directed by Bong Joon-ho (the director of the very famous Parasites) so… do we accept octopus? This story presents us with an apocalyptic future in which the Earth's ecosystem has been destroyed, leaving an icy planet that is no longer habitable for humans. The survivors go aboard a train divided by social classes that circulates non-stop.
Format: TV series
Best: Good staging and character development
Worst: It has mixed reviews and hasn't convinced everyone, especially fans of Jonn-ho's movie (which we recommend you watch).
Kingdom
Another South Korean series, this time about a mysterious plague that begins to spread through a kingdom in which the king himself seems to be infected. The crown prince will be the only one who can end this.
Format: TV series
Best: Original proposal about a kind of The Walking Dead set in medieval Korea.
Worst: Precisely the theme «zombies» can be tiresome at this point for some.
DP: The Deserter Hunter
A young soldier has a mission to capture military deserters. His task may highlight the painful reality many recruits face.
Format: TV series
Best: Good performances, an interesting plot and miniseries format to consume relatively quickly (only 6 chapters).
Worst: It can be so short that you want more.
Vincenzo
Vincenzo was sent to Italy as a child and adopted by the powerful Cassano mafia family. He eventually trained as a lawyer to handle his family's affairs, however after the death of his father, he is forced to go to South Korea, since his brother has ordered the murder of his father. he. Since it is his homeland, he will orchestrate a revenge plan.
Format: TV series
Best: Its main character hooks.
Worst: Its chapters are long, not suitable for people with little time.
#Vivo
They say that Korean zombie movies are the best in the genre and #Alive could be a good example of this. In this film, a zombie invasion leaves a young man entrenched in his apartment and isolated from everything, so he will have to figure out how to save himself.
Format: Movie
Best: In the meantime, there is room for raising some human issues.
Worst: The base story (an infectious virus that spreads turning people into zombies) can be tiresome.
Pandora
Jae-Hyeok works at the local nuclear power plant that one day, due to an earthquake, suffers several explosions. To avoid a disaster similar to that of Chernobyl, Jae-Hyeok along with other colleagues will enter the plant with the idea of ​​fixing what happened.
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Format: Movie
Best: Good staging and entertaining plot if you like stories about nuclear power plants.
Worst: The script can be a little loose and sometimes it's almost like a house.
The phone
Watch out for this thriller because it may be your discovery of the weekend. The phone (The Call) introduces us to Kim Seo-yeon, who finds a cordless phone in a dilapidated house and still receives a call with it. When he picks up, he finds a woman who claims to be being tortured by her mother... 20 years ago.
Format: Movie
Best: Good performances and an original approach that engages.
Worst: Sometimes the script is a bit dizzying.
*Bonus: Burning
This movie is no longer on Netflix, but it was, and for that alone (and for how good it is, of course) it's worth seeking out and enjoying. And it is that Burning It is based on a short story by the famous writer Haruki Murakami in which we will meet a young man, an aspiring writer, who agrees to take care of the cat of a former classmate with whom he has recently reconnected. When she is there, she does not return alone, but she comes accompanied by a mysterious man with quite particular hobbies.
Format: Movie
Best: An intense thriller, with very careful photography, which you will like no matter what.
Worst: That you haven't seen it before.