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- 2019
- TV-MA
- Cinemax
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Cinemax
Summary Set in the late 1800s, gifted martial artist Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) immigrates from China to San Francisco and ends up as an enforcer for the one of the Chinatown tongs in this drama created by Jonathan Tropper and inspired by Bruce Lee's original idea for a TV series.
Created By: Jonathan Tropper
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Cinemax
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Cinemax
Warrior (2019)
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 5, 2019
72
8.1
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Summary Set in the late 1800s, gifted martial artist Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) immigrates from China to San Francisco and ends up as an enforcer for the one of the Chinatown tongs in this drama created by Jonathan Tropper and inspired by Bruce Lee's original idea for a TV series.
Created By: Jonathan Tropper
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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87% Positive
13 Reviews
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13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
72
87% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Warrior still knows how to pack a punch.
Even with a few too many subplots, a dynamite ending strips all this away to make the journey a striking one. At the same time as Warrior Season 3 keeps you entertained, there are plenty of moments where it takes a pause to reflect on all the tumult and the toll it has taken on the characters.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 121 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
103 Ratings
103 Ratings
5% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
10% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 121 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
103 Ratings
103 Ratings
5% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
10% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
An excellent show from a writing, acting, and action standpoint. A must watch so many well thought out script elements. Words of wisdom mixed in it's action set pieces with a world fully realized dripping with atmosphere. Compelling characters that you actually care about and root for. So many shows lack this caliber of production and scriptwriting.I'm on here updating my review due to fact I only put a number review the first time. Now it's on Netflix and if more people watch it on that streaming platform their likey to give it a season 4 and more so I implore anybody who's reading this watch it you won't be disappointed. By the end of season 3 you'll be hoping they make a season 4.
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One of the singularly underrated scripted series ever, Warrior goes where no one else has tread. Besides being incredibly well written, acted and directed, it touches on the current affairs of immigration, xenophobia and prejudice in a story told more than a century ago. Andrew koji is that perfect blend of tough and kind, the kind of protagonist we forgot ever existed, but to see him act and fight is ass off in this joyride through the San Francisco Chinese exodus show us that great TV can be created without fanfare or pageantry. Based loosely on Bruce Lee's stories, Andrew Koji is just the tip of a cast of excellent, intense, riveting performers who bring this fantastic show to life. Bravo to Andrew Tropper and a stellar group of Stunt artists trained by the equally incredible Brett Chan. Not to be missed and a series that every creator should watch to learn just how great drama is created.
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"Warrior," to put it simply, kicks ass. If you've been sleeping on this series, get on board with the knowledge that the show only gets better in its third season.
Topmost, Warrior is a good time, satisfying anyone who appreciates intricate fight choreography that emphasizes the physicality of its actors. ... At the same time, the show grants the same level of agency and ferocious, dangerous nature to its women as it does the men.
Warrior has its charms and much like a Chinese “Peaky Blinders” or “Gangs of New York,” it’s best when it leans into mankind’s reaction to corruption and injustice.
The possibility of a weekly fight scene with The Raid's Joe Taslim could make this show a Friday-night success, but the freshman drama is hit-or-miss so far. It's the Rockstar Games version of history. [3/10 May 2019, p.79]
It takes itself way too seriously, the dialogue is deadly flat, and the characters just aren’t interesting.
The action is quite good (I mean, not realistic, full of long-winded jump kicks and showy moves, but in line with traditional kung fu movies). The actors are good, but the omnipresent stupid feminism and historical revisionism sort of kills the immersion. Not everything was run by women, and yes, they **** in hand to hand combat because they are weak compared to men. There, I said it.
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This is a hard watch, it's so wrong in so many ways. It follows the pretty lame recent trend in shows to have a period piece with 21st century American cultural values. It just doesn't work. The Chinese mafia guys act and talk like copies of cheap Italian mafia movie guys and is just ridiculous. You have the the main guy who has just sailed over from China gets given a **** and doesn't **** her because he does not **** girls who don't have a choice - please get a grasp of reality of the 18th or 21st centuries. You have a head **** who is able to cut off guys heads with one stroke. Another chick who married to some guy in China and complains about him **** her - please **** in marriage is a hard sell now but was not even a concept 200 years ago. I also didn't realise shaved **** were so popular in that time. To top it all off the dialogue is pure amateur hour stuff, it's so bad it's cringe worthy.
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I doubt seriously that a show filled with F-bombs, Chinese gangsters acting like Italian mobsters, lots of nudity and current year politics is what Bruce Lee had in mind.
Very. Seriously. Doubt. It.
Have you people never seen Bruce Lee/Jacki Chan/Jet Li/Donnie Yen before? Lol these fight scenes are nothing compared to Chinese cinema.
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Production Company:
- Bruce Lee Entertainment
- Cinemax
- Perfect Storm Entertainment
- Tropper Ink Productions
Initial Release Date: Apr 5, 2019
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Critics Choice Super Awards
• 4 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
