The Brothers Sun

I started watching this mainly because Michelle Yeoh was in it. I've only watched 2 episodes so far and she's not been in it much however it has been a blast!

Great fighting sequences, good acting and surprisingly funny. The 2nd episode caught me off guard with it's funny and unique fighting sequences.

The chemistry between the 2 main actors is promising and hopefully gets to grow throughout the series.

The story is ok so far, a little hard to follow but I'm sure it will be explained better the more episodes I watch.

Will update my review once I've finished the series but from what I've seen so far, this is a surprise hit for me.

Update: this is a great series with great twists, action, acting and comedy throughout (all be it stereotypical, it works most of the time) Here's hoping for a season 2!

The Brothers Sun was better than I thought it would be. The story is about an eldest son of a Taiwanese triad who returns home to Los Angeles after his father is shot. He returns to protect his mother and brother, who has no idea that the family is in the gangster business. It really is a fun watch with a talented cast who all do a great job pulling you into their world. It seems that Michelle Yeoh can do absolutely no wrong. Everything she's in these days is pure gold. This is her first role since winning an Oscar for best actress in Everything Everywhere All at Once and I think she's even better in this. I would like to see another season of this.

The Brothers Sun is a Netflix series created by Barron Wu and Brad Falchuk who also was the person behind Glee and American Horror Story. This is a Shakespearean.style show filled with action fighting sequences much like Jackie Chan along with John Wick killing spree throughout the show. The script follows Charles Sun, a Taipei.gangster's son, who must travel to Los Angeles to protect his brother and his mother after his father is ruthlessly shot and left in a coma. Loved the comedic style of writing and the culinary journey in the San Gabriel area. The wonderful cast is lead by Michelle Yeoh, Justin Chief, Sam Song Li, and Johnny Kou. Overall great first season, wonderful funny script and it was great to see my old school grounds of Woodbury University. Definitely add this to your list.

An outstanding cast, led by the ever-evolving Michelle Yeoh who again shows us a truly amazing range of acting. The writing is crisp, leans into the violence Leitch-like and does a really good job of melding culture through old movies and styles, with a more modern approach to action.

The underlying conflict of what is evil and bad, is constantly there in the dialogue, and as a viewer you get sucked into the family drama, while you're still asked to take a step back and understand the impact overall. There could have been more of this though, and further explorations of the macro universe would have done more to establish the contrasts.

Overall, this is an absolute fantastic ride from start to finish, and the whole cast works as we move from flying severed heads, to cheap cultural jokes and all the way to the classical dramas of family, love and loss.

I hate when they mix comedy with action. It is very rarely done great. But this is actually not that bad on occasion, when it's not done by the comedy-plants. Like when the action guy cleans up the action woman's appartment, or when Michelle Yeoh does a "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" scene.

I found it brave of Netflix in this age of diversity to only have Asian actors. I would have thought Hollywood would insist on a diverse cast.

The story is pleasantly simple. When I watch a streaming show, I want to be entertained. When I want to use my brain, I read a book.

Easy to understand story, great action and fight choreography. Occasionally great humor - better than most comedy shows these days anyway.

What's not to like. This is, for now, the best show on Netflix this year.