The 8 Show

The premise of the show might give Squid Game like impressions (Koreans playing money game for a big cash prize.) However, the 8 Show is nothing like Squid Game.

Instead, the show is more thought provoking and it is even more precise and harsher criticism on the society we live in, with much more humor than Squid Game. Each episode is filled with very interesting and brilliant ideas. The structure of the show is very thought-out. The acting is amazing. The cinematography and music are also perfect. However, the best part of the show is in the message. Behind its ruthless depiction of the the social structure, the show makes us question about our common misconception of "justice" and "fairness" in a very original way. After all, we are all born into random social classes just like the characters in the 8 show.

The show started pretty strong, peaked at around 3-4 episode and it was all downhill after that. The characters have made illogical decisions which really makes you cringe and questions the intelligence of viewer. I would have loved if the show went slow and steady no need to create unnecessary drama by making illogical decisions, a bit less drama but with logical sequence would have been much appreciated.

To be honest after episode 7 I was totally fed up and did not watch the last episode. I watched episode 7 just in hope they will make at least some sense but I was wrong, Episode 7 was worse than 6, 6 was worse than 5, 5 was worse than 4.

It's a good idea / concept that starts really strong, but falls flat unless you drink the kool aid.

It attempts to provide some criticism and mockery of social hierarchy, along with some very "squid game" style presentation and theatrics.

But where it falls flat, is in the action of the characters themselves, you really need to have a strong suspension of disbelief to buy in to what the characters do, the way they act and their emotional responses.

All of them behave as cartoon characters, don't follow logic or reason and just do whatever the plot requires of them. The actors don't do a bad job, but are just given horrible dialogues and the script hurts them.

A real Dark Comedy in its true sense! In the first go, looks similar to Squid Game but quite a different Korean series. Story explores the portrayal of Capitalism Vs Humanity. Entire series does have only 8 characters. Definitely does offer lots of intense emotions, thrill, excitement, frustration n keeps you completely hooked up. Though starts on lines of innocence, it ends up getting very violent. If you are only into very sober series, avoid it but if you know what exactly a dark series n like them, then definitely must watch on those terms. A limited series of 8 episodes with an average time of 40 mins each. Available in Hindi too. My ratings 7/10!

Let's start strong, if you like dystopian and bleak set up for stories, you could defintely like this series, but there are many unfortunate situations due to poor screenplay that waste all the potential of the premise.

Even if good portions of the setting is stolen from here and there, the overall situation is enough unique and brings to the table many things to keep you interested and intrigued, but for some reason, many of the problems about our society that this series seems to want to emphasize, get actually nowhere, cause the plot gets progressively more unreasonable, episode by episode.

I don't want to spoil anything, but I suggest to come prepared, this series seems way better than it actually is at first glance, but many times you can't really relate with what happens because it's just way to unbelievable.