With the success of “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment,” Netflix is additional cementing its position as a actuality sequence juggernaut. Not solely is the streaming service dwelling to a number of the greatest actuality TV reveals of all time, but it surely additionally has an entire bunch of Netflix originals that discover the style.
“Unlocked: A Jail Experiment” is not Netflix’s first foray into incarceration-themed actuality TV. In 2023, the “Squid Recreation”-themed actuality competitors present “Squid Recreation: The Problem” introduced the South Korean drama’s premise of 456 contestants locked inside a dorm and compelled to take part in lethal kids’s video games to actuality. Whereas nobody died, the darkish reality behind the scenes of the “Squid Recreation” actuality present ignored the satirical facets of the unique present, featured loads of toil and turmoil, and consisted of horrible filming circumstances. As such, “Squid Recreation: The Problem” drew loads of criticism — very similar to the controversial premise of “Unlocked: A Jail Experiment” has already began to do.
Whereas Netflix has a well-rounded repertoire relating to actuality reveals, the success of those two reveals is sufficient to make a viewer surprise. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see if the streamer is now accomplished with reveals like this or if these reveals’ success evokes Netflix to proceed exploring related premises.