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- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary Charles "Chairleg" Sun (Justin Chien) travels from Taiwan to Los Angeles to protect his mother (Michelle Yeoh) and his younger brother (Sam Song Li) after their Taiwanese triad leader father is assassinated in the action-drama created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu.
Created By: Brad Falchuk, Byron Wu
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
The Brothers Sun
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 4, 2024
61
6.9
Summary Charles "Chairleg" Sun (Justin Chien) travels from Taiwan to Los Angeles to protect his mother (Michelle Yeoh) and his younger brother (Sam Song Li) after their Taiwanese triad leader father is assassinated in the action-drama created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu.
Created By: Brad Falchuk, Byron Wu
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
10 Reviews
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42% Mixed
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5% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
42% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Falchuk and Wu managed to create a unique and addictive action-comedy that highlights veteran talent and a few fresh faces while seamlessly building the foundation of the complicated history between three very different people.
Despite a few foibles in its execution, The Brothers Sun is notable for its diversity of Asian characters, who run the gamut from (anti)hero to villain, making this action-packed dramedy series, all in all, a worthy star vehicle for Yeoh.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 User Ratings
6.9
69% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
19% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
13% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 User Ratings
6.9
69% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
19% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
13% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Love the cast. Perfect. Two Thumbs Up. Action and Laugh Driven. The Brother's Sun, starring Michele Yeoh as the ultimate Asian mom of two boys, a nerd and an international mobster obsessed with baking, is on Netflix. The characters are well-rounded and well-written. Based in Los Angeles, in Coastal SoCal English with a smidge of Mandarin and Korean, there's the ultimate churro, baking shows, awesome Kung Fu, T-Rex blowup dinosaurs, Cal State San Gabriel, nerds, and mobsters. Fun, Funny, Laugh out Roaring Tiger Loud!
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Although the end result feels like something less than the sum of its parts, it still yields enough fun to make Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk‘s action-comedy-drama as bingeable as a tray of freshly baked cookies.
“The Brothers Sun” does ramble on, but when Yeoh and Chien bust out those fancy moves and gather around the family table with Song Li, its pure action/drama magic.
The quality of dialogue and storytelling in “The Brothers Sun,” despite much fun and electricity, proves a drag on many of her co-stars. Ms. Yeoh, meanwhile, levitates.
If there are bones to be picked with the serviceable action series, it’s with the bones themselves — both those broken and those left untouched. “The Brothers Sun” spends more time with Charles but its heart belongs to Bruce.
Aside from the presence of Michelle Yeoh, “The Brothers Sun” is an awful series that’s bad in almost every way.
After a Taiwanese gangster is shot, his assassin son (Justin Chien) travels to LA to protect his mother (Michell Yeoh) and brother (Sam Song Li). Thus begins the combo of martial arts action, family bonding and dark humor. The fight scenes are well staged, although they get repetitive. The family connection gives the series its dramatic depth. The humor (which diminishes in later eps) is primarily thanks to Yeoh's character. Actually, it's Yeoh's tough slyness and vulnerability that makes this show worth watching. As with so many current series, this could have benefited from trimming to keep the pace up. Even so, there are enjoyable brawls and adequate character interaction to make it moderately entertaining. (Eight one-hour eps)
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L’art de la comédie plus ou moins loufoque ou gentiment ironique est décidément difficile ! et poutant, la série y parvient assez brillammant pendant… les deux premiers épisodes… puis commence à caler au troisième, hélas…
Et à partir de là, c’est la Bérézina pour la famille Sun ! l’intrigue qui surnageait à peine se met à couler à pic. Les comédiens en font de plus en plus… dans l’hystéro-bouffonnerie. Ils sont de plus en plus débiles, ça en devient carrément… effrayant !
En outre, Mamie Yeoh devrait se calmer avec les charcudocs : si elle continue comme ça, elle va ressembler à Madonna. Elle devrait arrêter aussi le véganisme, elle est maigre à faire peur. Ou alors, elle prépare en avance son rôle de la Momie ? (le retour de la revanche).
Pour autant, en dehors de la comédie (un peu tarantineuse aussi, par moments), on doit saluer quelques bastons étonnamment bien faites (pour une série) ainsi qu’une réalisation soignée.
Hélas (encore), la stupidité qui devient générale et de plus en plus généralisée, a certainement raison de notre patience, laquelle n’est certainement pas infinie. Aussi avons-nous arrêté avant la fin et rendu notre verdict : c’est 3, Monsieur le Président.
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At first I had given up on the show after two episodes but decided to continue on till the end. It did not get any better and in some aspects became worse. The overall story could have been done well as it is an interesting premise. But due to nonsensical writing and unlikable characters this did not pan out. The only character that I enjoyed somewhat was Charles. Some of the fight scenes were done well while others were awful. For this being a comedy I never laughed once during the entire show. Tense or sad moments being broken up by badly written jokes took me out of a lot of scenes. Definitely a pass and a bad way to kick off the year.
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Production Company:
- Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision
Initial Release Date: Jan 4, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
