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Review | Netflix drama review: Alice in Borderland season 2 – Japanese sci-fi horror series’ deadly games continue to a tantalising conclusion

  • The second season of the Japanese manga adaptation features more deadly games, the return of the lead characters - and some presumed dead - along with new ones
  • Arisu, Usagi and the others must once again show trust, empathy and intelligence to defeat their enemies. Those hoping for a big reveal will be disappointed

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Kento Yamazaki as Arisu in a still from Alice in Borderland season 2. Photo: Kumiko Tsuchiya/Netflix

3/5 stars

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The deadly games continue apace in season 2 of hit Netflix series Alice in Borderland, adapted by writer-director Shinsuke Sato (I Am a Hero) from Haro Aso’s manga.

Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya reprise their roles as unwitting participants in a series of violent contests after they are transported into a bizarre parallel dimension.

Along the way, they are reunited with many familiar faces from the first season, as well as a number of new characters, as they struggle to stay alive long enough to find a way home.

Alice in Borderland: Season 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix

Blending elements of horror, action and science fiction, Aso’s story is loosely inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

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