Synopsis:

While Squid Game (2021) is by far the most popular TV show in Netflix's history, boasting well over two billion streaming hours, it is not without flaws. The core story is stretched out by complicated subplots involving police infiltrations and organ harvesting, disapproving mothers and missing brothers, ex-wives and estranged children, cringe-inducing English-speaking characters, and more, crowding out our emotional connections and the inventive games. I wanted Squid Game: The Movie to focus more clearly on our ensemble cast and their struggle to survive a deadly competition. I painstakingly cut 7.5 hours of material down to a feature-length film that tells that story in a consistent tone with no distractions (and no English). Don't forget to stick around for the mid-credits scene!

Intentions:

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Change List:

Tightened: Every single scene's dialogue and pacing through hundreds of small cuts Fixed: Every single subtitle for grammar, translations, and/or voice-timing from the originals Characters Entirely Removed: The ex-wife, mother, daughter, The Undercover Cop Characters Mostly Removed: The Front Man, the VIPs, the cheating Game Workers MAJOR NARRATIVE CHANGES Removed: B&W children's intro explaining Squid Game Changed: Gi-hun is solely responsible for his own debt Changed: Gi-hun does not know Sae-Byeok from before Changed: "Red Light, Green Light" to the actual Korean phrasing Removed: The players do not vote to return to the real world Removed: The Doctor is not cheating or harvesting organs Removed: Sae-Byeok climbing into the vents to spy Removed: Player 119 doesn't take a hostage after Honeycomb Changed: The number of players killed in Honeycomb to compensate Removed: Player 271 is not beaten to death over an egg Removed: The night of murders never happens Changed: Deok-su does not have the cheating doctor's advantage Removed: Gi-hun's backstory regarding striking at work Removed: Mi-nyeo not having a partner for Marbles Removed: The married couple and the husband's suicide Removed: Deok-su and Player 278's Marbles game Moved: The VIP's arrival from Stepping Stones to Squid Game Removed: All English dialogue, especially the atrocious VIPs Removed: Player 96 swapping numbers with Gi-hun Removed: Front Man and Undercover Cop's cliffside confrontation Removed: Gi-hun returning home to his mother, visiting the bank Removed: Gi-hun bringing Sae-Byeok's brother to Sang Woo's mother Removed: Gi-hun seeing The Salesman again, deciding to fight back Added: Custom credits and a mid-credits finale!

Special Thanks:

To @unfair for extremely good quality control and excellent narrative ideas To my lovely wife for always giving me the support to engage in my hobbies