After reviewing Squid Game, someone recommended Alice in Borderland, and I quickly went to watch season 1 and 2. Let me just say that this series deserves a standing ovation.
Alice in Borderland is a 2020 series about an obsessed gamer, Arisu, who found himself in a real life game where he had to find clever ways to survive. Fortunately for him, he found himself with his friends in the game so it was a little easier for him until he had to sacrifice them to keep going.
Along the line, he met people and found new friends and kept trying so hard to find ways to end the game. He kept looking for answers and ways to leave the game and go back to reality. But each step that sent him closer to the answer got him into more danger.
In the end, he found his way home (back to the real world) after winning all the games and clearing all the cards. When he came back to the real world, he met the friends he had in the game, but he couldn’t recognize them.
After watching the movie, it felt like Squid Game was an organized version of Alice in Borderland. There’s so much chaos and a lot of unnecessary conversations in Alice in Borderland but Squid Game was straight to the point.
But I’ll definitely give it to the producers that they really did so well with this series. The editing in this movie looked so real to the extent that at a point, I forgot they were just playing a game.
They did so well with the cinematography too. I don’t know how they came up with the way players were eliminated but it was just so creative. And the way the camera angles were placed was just incredible.
Let me talk about the games. For this particular side, I’ll give it a 10/10. The games were really interesting, especially the ones that had to do with intellectual ability. I was really impressed.
I can’t talk about this series without talking about the characters. Just like Squid Game, I believe the characters in this series were purposely created to be in this series. They played their roles so well.
One thing I disliked in the movie was the unnecessary conversations. I believe that since it was about games, certain conversations were just unnecessary. And the fact that the main character was always beating about the bush anytime he had something to say was just a huge ick.
Alice in Borderland is really a great series. It’s not just entertaining but educational too. I learned a lot, with the main thing being how betrayal always comes from those we never expect. I’ll give it a 9/10.
Images are from IMDb