The Brothers Sun (2024)

Scripted "Blood runs in the family."TV Show
Audience Score
77
The Brothers SunNetflix logoWatch on Netflix
TV-MA January 4th, 2024Drama , Crime1 Seasons, 8 Episodes
When a mysterious enemy targets his family, a Taipei triad member heads to Los Angeles to protect his strong-willed mother and oblivious younger brother.
StarringMichelle YeohJustin ChienSam Li
DirectorsKevin TancharoenViet Nguyen
WritersAlly SeibertAndrew LawByron Wu

The Brothers Sun Season 1 Review

Premiering on Netflix January 4th, ‘The Brothers Sun’ is a blend of martial arts action and comedy that follows a family whose Taiwan-set criminal empire spills over into Southern California.Looking to channel the style of Jackie Chan, this new series from Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk (the latter of whom is more normally found working with Ryan Murphy on his various shows) is a mostly successful mix of laughter, family drama and stunt-filled set pieces.

Does ‘The Brothers Sun’ shine?The new series will certainly appeal to those who are fans of Michelle Yeoh (and who isn’t a fan of Michelle Yeoh?) and while it might not offer the splendidly surreal delights of something along the lines of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, it has enough to keep you pressing play on the next episode.While stories about Asian-American kids struggling with the staider values of their immigrant parents are very common these days (it’s a part of the aforementioned ‘Everything Everywhere’), ‘The

TV Show Details

Air Date:January 4th, 2024

Last Air Date:January 4th, 2024

Network:Netflix
Status:Canceled

Genres:Drama , Crime

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Brad Falchuk Teley-vision
The Brothers Sun on the Web:Official Website
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