MrBeast puts contestant Mack through ten increasingly dangerous traps for a chance to win up to $1 million. Mack faces a cage with closing walls, a laser corridor, a boulder chase, underwater lock-picking, and a Squid Game cookie puzzle, deciding at each stage whether to cash out or risk everything for the next prize.
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I built a giant death trap, which is just one of many traps we've built. And for every trap this contestant survives, he wins $100,000. But if he fails one, he loses everything. The first trap is simple. He's got to break out of this cage and climb up this roof before the walls close in.
Mack, are you ready?
I'm ready.
You sure? Do it.
That was a little rude, but OK.
How am I supposed to get out of this? Mack, hey, you want a hint? What? The roof. Hey, Mack, don't forget $100 grand's on the line.
Oh my gosh, it's getting so close to the spikes.
How does breaking the chair help?
Mack, come on.
I'm trying, Jimmy. Shut up. Oh. Oh, it's almost there. Mack, hurry. Mack, come on. Wait. Come on. Come on. Come on. You just won $100 grand. Yeah! Congratulations. But— Yes!
But I have a second trap set up for you right now. And if you risk this $100 grand, you can win $200 grand. Think on it. But I also don't have a video if you don't say yes. I'm doing it.
Give me the money.
Let's go. Mack may sound confident now, but there are 10 more traps he has to get through if he wants to walk out of this with $1 million. But first, let's see if he can win $200 grand. Welcome to trap number 2. Close the door. Glad we were not under that. In these duffel bags, is $200 grand in cash. All you have to do to win it is press that red button and go back through this door.
What happens when I press the button?
Just press it and find out.
You want to come with me?
No, no, I'm staying over here.
Come with me.
Don't press the button. In case you forgot, $200 grand's on the line.
I don't know what's going to happen when I push the button.
Just press the button. Oh, the dramatic lights. I think you can see what the trap is. If you touch a laser, the door's going to slam closed.
Is there a time limit?
There's a touch the laser limit, and it's 1. Bro, imagine if you just hit the first laser.
Oh, this is not made for short people, dude.
Oh my gosh. I had a feeling he would crawl on the floor. That's why coming up, there's lasers literally straight in front of him.
I don't know how I'm going to get past those. I'm going to be honest.
Oh, this is crazy. Oh my gosh. Oh, you're like surrounded by lasers. Mack, I wouldn't move. Jimmy.
If I touch a laser, how long do I have before that door closes?
Less than a second.
Take a step to your left. Take a step out of the way.
Okay.
Thank you.
3, 2, 1.
Oh my gosh. That was so— I'm speechless.
Oh yeah.
Yeah. Let's go. Don't celebrate yet.
Do you want to walk away with $200 grand or risk it for $300 grand?
I think I'm going to do the next one.
Let's do it. Unfortunately for Mack, all of these traps get progressively harder and harder to pass, especially this next one. Mack, come on in.
Ah!
You are now in trap number 3. Bro, look how cool this is. We literally spent the last 60 days designing this set.
Wow.
This is the $200,000 you've already won. All you have to do here is grab the next $100,000. And then all you got to do is walk down this path and walk right through this door.
What's going to happen when I grab the money?
Look around.
It's over your head on this one. Ah, OK. Starting to click for me a little bit.
That was a little too obvious.
I'd say as soon as I pick that money up, that boulder's coming straight for me.
And if you get ran over by the boulder, I take my $300 grand back.
Oh, dude.
I'm going to go over here so I don't get squished by a boulder.
I want you to count me down from 3.
3, 2, 1.
Go! Oh! Oh my God, it's going to hit him! Oh my God. You got to go. Go, go! Oh, crap!
Go! Not gonna lie, you are much faster than I thought. Oh my gosh, that boulder was right behind him. Are we gonna go for a fourth?
I don't know, Jim.
So you're actually getting better.
That thing hit me.
What would happen? Would I die?
Well, here's what happened to Nolan when he got hit. Oh, it hurts.
I'm sorry, I just gotta—
yeah, of course. No, this is a big decision. You should really think it through. OK, so what are you doing?
OK, I'll do one more.
One more?
One more, yeah.
All right, let's go see if he loses $300,000 or makes more money.
Don't phrase it like that, Jimmy.
Mack is now in a ball. How's it feel?
I'm realizing how bad I smell in this ball.
You chose this. Open the doors. Welcome to trap number 4. For this trap, I made a life-size video game that he has to complete.
Oh my gosh, dude.
To win $400 grand, all Mack needs to do is complete this course. In case it's not clear, if you fall down there in the foam, you lose.
I see that.
Oh yeah, and one more thing. You only have 5 minutes to complete the course.
Okay.
Oh, first things first, we have these little platforms. Not too crazy. This is so much harder than a ball, bro. If he's unironically struggling with this, wait till he gets to all the moving platforms of death. This is It's not going to be easy.
Oh my gosh, dude.
Jump! Jump!
Mack, be careful. $400 grand on the line. Here, can I join you? Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I don't know.
I'm sorry. Because I want to be in the video. It's my video. This is terrifying. Up to this point, it's been pretty easy. This is where it starts to get difficult. This is where it's difficult?
It has not been easy. Oh, this is crazy, dude.
Unlike the other challenges, he's actually going pretty quick. Balancing inside of this ball is harder than it looks. It multiplies all of your movements, meaning you can fall at any time.
This ball is so hard to balance in.
Bro, it's $400 grand. It's not supposed to be easy. The obstacles so far in this trap are nothing compared to the final stage. This is where it gets really hard. I couldn't have been more wrong. Mack literally obliterated the last stage of this course in 10 seconds.
Oh, my God. That is what I'm talking about.
Whenever he wins, I get afraid to be around him. I don't know what to say. When I sketched this on a piece of paper, it seemed a lot harder. However, the traps that follow this one are harder than anything we've seen so far. Answer the riddle. What is better than $400 grand?
$500 grand.
Are you going to be a wuss, or do you want a chance to win $500,000?
If the next one's going to be as easy as this, let's run it back.
I didn't say it would, but I'm going to take that as a yes. Next trap. Which Mack is going to need a bathing suit for because— It might involve some swimming.
Jimmy, what is this?
Mack, hop in this water real quick. Mack, do you have any idea what you're doing?
Not really.
OK. This trap is hard but simple. When I say go, your money will be pulled towards that massive bonfire. To stop it, you'll need to pull that lever. And to get there, you'll have to swim through this underwater chamber and pick the locks of all 4 doors in your path.
Got it.
You're probably wondering, why am I holding a clothes hanger? Because that's how you pick the locks. Mack, are you ready?
I'm ready.
3, 2— oh, wait, Mack, can you fix that thing behind you? All right, the timer has started. This bunny in exactly 3 minutes is going to be in that fire pit unless Matt comes out the other end and flips that lever. He's struggling right now. How is he holding his breath this long? So Matt Just unlocked the first lock. You got this, Mack. Half a million dollars just casually drifting towards the fire. Every time Mack unlocks a lock, he goes deeper and deeper into the water, which means he has less and less time to pick each lock since he has to come back up to the surface for air. That is so hard to see. Bro, this is crazy. Oh, he got the third door open. All right, Mac, one more door.
Bye-bye. Look how close the money is to the fire.
He's almost done. I think he just opened the fourth gate.
Pull the lever. You got to pull the lever.
You just stopped the money. Oh my gosh. I hate you. You might be a little lightheaded from the lack of oxygen. I can barely see. I know. See that $500 grand floating right there? Do you want to risk it for $600 grand?
Oh.
Full transparency. The next trap is probably the easiest trap of all of them. I'm serious. If you were to ever stop, I don't think now is when you'd want to stop. All right. Yeah, I'm in.
Yeah, yeah.
That could have been a lie.
What?
I was in fact not lying. Anyone with a developed prefrontal cortex should be able to pass this next one. Welcome to the next trap. This, in theory, should be the easiest $100 grand of your life. Okay. I need you to pick either a Feastables bar or Hershey's bar. One needs to go in the trash.
There we go! I would never eat that!
Oh, of course, because you just won $100 grand.
That's right.
Now you have $600,000 in cash.
Jimmy, that's 6 Lamborghinis and a few Soul bars.
I will throw that in.
Thanks.
Do you want to risk this $600,000 mini ocean of money for the chance to win $700,000? You're crazy. I can tell he's about to say yes.
Dude, my mom is going to be so mad at me if I lose this right now.
Yes or no?
Just one more.
What's one more? All right, let's do it.
Yes.
One more.
One more.
Actually, though, like, please do not let me do one after that. Okay.
Okay.
But where we're going on this next trap, Mack's going to need a blindfold. All right. Can you see?
I cannot see.
Uh-oh. That was a lie. All right, maybe actually 2 blindfolds. I hope he's not scared of heights. And if you're wondering why I said of heights earlier, well— Send us up!
Oh, we're going up! No, no, no, no, no.
Mack may know that we're going up, but not how far.
Oh my God, dude.
We're going 200 feet in the air where he's going to have to face his biggest fear. If he wants to walk away with some money, $700 grand. Mack, let's take off the trash can.
Heads up, Mack.
Welcome to the next trap. I hope you're not afraid of heights.
I'm scared, bro.
Dude, that looks terrifying. The next trap is simple. All you have to do is walk to the other side on this absurdly thin balance beam.
Uh. Okay, this is insane, dude.
Oh my gosh, I just don't know how he's gonna do this. I'm so scared right now. I'm like so scared, bro. This is terrifying.
Would you do this?
Like, no, heck no, I would never do this. $700 grand on the line, it's worst fear. Let's see what happens.
Okay, I can't think about anymore. This is what it is.
Oh, he's definitely at the point of no return. Oh my gosh. Holy crap, he's made it!
Oh, whoa, whoa, no way! Yes! Yes!
Yes!
That's what I'm talking about! That is what I'm talking about, baby! Oh my gosh! Dude, come on.
Based on the first couple of steps, I did not think he was going to make it. As requested, I will not try to influence you. Do you want to walk away with your $700,000 or risk it and keep going for the million dollars? Your decision.
I have the opportunity right now to leave with just an insane amount of money. But I'm just— I'm just so close. I just feel like everyone at home wants to see the next 3 challenges, right?
I do.
Final answer. I'm going to the next one.
Yeah!
If he fails the next trap, I'm going to feel terrible. Mack now only has 3 traps remaining to win $1 million, but it only gets harder from here. You decide to risk the money? Let's do this.
I'm so scared.
Lights on. This next trap may look a little familiar. Our most viewed video is Squid Game. So I thought it would be fun if we combined the glass bridge game with the cookie cutting game. All into one trap. Just like in Squid Game, you have a honeycomb here. You have to cut out the shape that's there and put that exact shape on this scanner. If you break the cookie, it won't fit in this circle and the bridge will drop you.
And I lose everything.
But if it's the exact same size, the door will open and you have to do it 3 more times.
How much time do I have?
There is no time limit.
Thank God.
No, but you've been taking— Thank God. Some of these challenges, he takes an hour, so I might give you one.
No, don't give me a time limit.
Okay, well, can you just at least start?
Okay, my strategy, Jimmy, is I lick this boy and that's gonna melt the sugar, and then ideally I can poke this needle through this cookie.
So your strategy is Squid Game?
That's a way to put it, yeah.
Ah, back.
Just get away from me.
I didn't touch you.
You need to stay over there.
What about my Croc? No. Well, now I don't have a shoe.
That's the only way to teach you, man. All right, here we go.
It's taking forever.
I understand that this money is essentially meaningless to you. Mm-hmm. Me? This would change my life.
I understand.
So I'm gonna take my sweet time cutting the circle out.
You can take your sweet time.
Take your sweet time.
Just the next one, I'm probably gonna put a time limit. No! Halfway done. Uh, uh!
That's it, right?
Okay, put it there. You're good. Lights on. He's gonna solve the triangle pretty easily. But after the triangle is a star and then umbrella, which are way harder.
Oh!
Okay.
Cookie! Also, wait, wait, before you open it, one second.
Oh no!
I'll replace that. Because the money was so far away, I moved it over here in case you forgot what you were competing for.
Part of it's really far away.
I will replace it.
Okay.
You can proceed.
For the record, I regret saying yes to this.
Really?
Yeah. At this point, seeing how sad you are at the thought of losing, I would actually highly recommend if you win to walk away after this one.
That's what I thought after I finished the high ropes course.
That's what you thought after every trap. But yeah, we're here.
Wow.
That's just sliding off. Last piece. Oh my gosh. I think he did it.
Okay.
Walk on in here. Cookie-us! Now comes the real challenge. Umbrella, the hardest shape.
If I win this, I don't think I should risk it again, dude.
All right, how about this? Cut this stupid umbrella out and then just take the money. For my sanity.
For my sanity.
Oh, and by the way, this one has a 10-minute timer.
Okay, it's ticking right now?
Yeah.
I already—
9 minutes and 50 seconds remain.
I love you. I will not be speaking to you while I'm doing this.
I completely understand. $800,000 is on the line.
Give me a dollar bill, like a stack of money. Give it to me.
Stack? Okay.
He's using the money as a hammer. They didn't do that in Squid Game. I've never felt more intensity in my life. This is very, very difficult.
I don't know what I'm going to do with myself if I lose this.
5 minutes remain. Honestly, I think you can do this.
I feel like I'm gonna break it, dude.
Oh, shoe hammer, dude. I'm just making no progress. 2 minutes. He's starting to break it off, starting to pull pieces This is off. Just so you know, there's 60 seconds left, Frankie. Wait, what just happened? Oh no.
Oh, I actually don't know what to say.
I'm such an idiot, dude. And I had it all. I had $700,000. I don't know why I did this.
Would have hurt less if you just lost the first challenge.
So much less.
Well, here, come on, buddy. Come on, let's, let's stand up.
Let it be known, if you're in a MrBeast video, quit while you're ahead.
I'll be honest, guys, this was pretty sad, so I decided to give Mack an extra $100 grand for his troubles. Let me know if you want to see more videos like this one. Hopefully the next one has a happier ending. See you later.
