Netflix series branded 'best show in a long time' with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA new Netflix series has become a hit with viewers after earning an impressive score on Rotten Tomatoes. The original series named The Brothers Sun is an action-comedy that fans are calling the streaming giant’s 'best show in a long time.' The brand new action-packed show is an eight-part series which follows the lives of a criminal Asian-American family, fronted by Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once actress Michelle Yeoh.
The all-Asian cast channel their inner Keanu Reeves throughout the series in martial arts-filled fight scenes with help of fight coordinators from the first John Wick film, reports The Mirror.
When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun - played by Justin Chien - has to then head to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen Sun (Yeoh) and his naive younger brother, Bruce, played by Sam Song Li, who is none the wiser about his family's criminal activities. READ MORE: Michelle Keegan fans say same thing as she tells Graham Norton 'I was so embarrassed' whilst filming hit Netflix show READ MORE: Helen Flanagan shares disaster in Bali with kids as former co-star says 'chaos' But as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance, Charles, Bruce, and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation — and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before one of their countless enemies kills them all.
Created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the series explores “what it means to be a son, what it means to be a brother, and also what it means to try and keep a family together,” said Falchuk, who also serves as showrunner, writer, and executive
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