"Victims' Game Season 2" Got More Brutal Adding Some Complex Plots

There was the first Victims' Game where the crew dealt with a secret death cult. I wouldn't be giving out spoilers since the real antagonist -- like in the first season -- is a Walking Spoiler. The first season was released during the Legacy Virus pandemic last April 2020. It kept me entertained after watching some Korean crime drama before the Legacy Virus took over the world.

It was nice to have the original cast such as Joseph Chang (Zhang Xiaoquan) returning as his Fang Yijen and Tiffany Ann Hsu returning as Hsu Haiyin (the surname is spelled as Xu in Mainland Pinyin, take note this is Taiwanese Chinese). The first season investigated a death cult where the culprit turned herself in. The second season involves the gruesome deaths of people from an incident 15 years ago. A vengeful person is out there and they don't know who it is.

I'll avoid spoiling the antagonist's identity but I'll give some minor spoilers. The antagonist gets so interesting because you can't tell whether to hate her or humanize her. That's because she lost her daughter to some goons. Some scenes made me wish I wasn't squeamish -- especially with the brutal mutilation that leads to slow and painful deaths. The antagonist is someone you'd least expect. There's also a case of stolen identity -- with some degree of surgery. The antagonist performs such disgusting brutal acts. Fortunately, the acts of brutality are usually quickened or darkened. However, they still disturb me I have the tendency to wish I had the guts to do them.

The second season goes deeper. There's the Chinese belief that four means death. The whole new case takes FOUR YEARS after the first season. It's as brutal and serious as the first season. Speaking of which, the timing seemed impeccable since it's also 10 years after the Indonesian x Japanese collaboration film Killers. Hmmm... coincidence? As always, a warning that this isn't for the super faint of heart!

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