In the series, the red jump suited army, led by the 'front man’ Hwang, In-Ho (Lee, Byung-Hun), sets up the game for the viewing pleasure of the western VIPs. The competition pits down on their luck ‘players’ against each other in a series of children’s games (red light/green light, tug of war, etc) competing to win a cash prize of $34 million, but with deadly consequences if you lose. While it's not for the faint hearted, the show is addictive in its ability to weave highly topical themes of social instability, insecurity and inequality into the episodes of the series.
