If there is something positive about the existence of streaming platforms in recent times, it's the explosion of quality television series that we haven't experienced for several decades. There is something for everyone, even for TV sceptics who are not easily convinced to step out of the cinema or from what they concern as a serious screening content. Almost four years ago, during the Mastercard event at the Venice Film Festival, Brian de Palma confessed that he was hooked to the comedy-drama series “Dead To Me” starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, admitting that he was watching television more than ever before due to a big improvement in quality of productions. Liz Feldman wasn't in the audience, but I was, glad to hear that such a legend and I are sharing the same passion for the show.
“The Brothers Sun” had me at “Michelle Yeoh”. I wasn't interested in reading the synopsis,...
“The Brothers Sun” had me at “Michelle Yeoh”. I wasn't interested in reading the synopsis,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
New year, old grudges: The bold new crime drama The Brothers Sun has arrived on Netflix, telling a thrilling tale of a Taiwanese American family who, unable to outrun their past, get caught in the middle of a transpacific gang war.
From creators Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the dynamic eight-part action series stars Oscar winner and action icon Michelle Yeoh as Eileen Sun, the wife of a Taiwanese triad kingpin (Johnny Kou), who escaped her home for Los Angeles after provoking the ire of some of the most vicious gangsters in Taipei.
When an attempt is made on her husband’s life years later, however, Eileen knows she’s in danger again, too. Her older son, Charles (Justin Chien), who’s followed in his father’s footsteps, joins her in California to protect her and his younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li), who’s grown up blissfully ignorant about his family’s shocking business.
From creators Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the dynamic eight-part action series stars Oscar winner and action icon Michelle Yeoh as Eileen Sun, the wife of a Taiwanese triad kingpin (Johnny Kou), who escaped her home for Los Angeles after provoking the ire of some of the most vicious gangsters in Taipei.
When an attempt is made on her husband’s life years later, however, Eileen knows she’s in danger again, too. Her older son, Charles (Justin Chien), who’s followed in his father’s footsteps, joins her in California to protect her and his younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li), who’s grown up blissfully ignorant about his family’s shocking business.
- 1/12/2024
- by Mary Sollosi
- Tudum - Netflix
There’s a moment early in Episode 2 of “The Brothers Sun” that goes way harder than it needs to. It’s not any of the bodily dismemberment as gangster Charlie (Justin Chien) breaks up the pieces of an assassin with the calm help of his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), while his estranged younger brother Bruce (Sam Song Li) looks on in horror. It’s not the ambush where Charlie and Bruce need to escape hitmen wearing inflatable dinosaur costumes. It’s not any of the machinations of the Taipei gangsters now gunning for the Sun family. It’s just this little beat of Yeoh sitting at a vanity, taking a moment amid the massive disruption to her life brought by Charlie’s arrival from Taipei and the failed hit on her husband Big Sun (Johnny Kou).
The room is drenched in color and yet ringed by shadow. The image is...
The room is drenched in color and yet ringed by shadow. The image is...
- 1/10/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Bǎohù jiārén. Protect the family.
Not only is that the title of the Season 1 finale of The Brothers Sun, but it’s also the mantra of Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk’s action-drama series. And after spending 15 years torn apart by patriarch Big Sun (Johnny Kou), who only wanted to protect his crime family, “Mama” Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), Charles (Justin Chien), and Bruce Sun (Sam Song Li) have had enough.
In Episode 8, they decide to finally step out of Big Sun’s shadow to redefine what family means. For once in their lives, they choose their own path — to each other. “This is a fractured family story about picking each other back up and bringing love back together into the family,” executive producer and director Kevin Tancharoen told Netflix.
Season 1 started with an assassin shooting gangster Big Sun in Taiwan, which led his eldest son, Charles, to go...
Not only is that the title of the Season 1 finale of The Brothers Sun, but it’s also the mantra of Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk’s action-drama series. And after spending 15 years torn apart by patriarch Big Sun (Johnny Kou), who only wanted to protect his crime family, “Mama” Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), Charles (Justin Chien), and Bruce Sun (Sam Song Li) have had enough.
In Episode 8, they decide to finally step out of Big Sun’s shadow to redefine what family means. For once in their lives, they choose their own path — to each other. “This is a fractured family story about picking each other back up and bringing love back together into the family,” executive producer and director Kevin Tancharoen told Netflix.
Season 1 started with an assassin shooting gangster Big Sun in Taiwan, which led his eldest son, Charles, to go...
- 1/9/2024
- by Tara Bitran
- Tudum - Netflix
What would you do if you discovered that your once-ordinary life was built on the foundation of one of Taiwan’s largest (and successful) organized crime families? Netflix’s crime comedy The Brothers Sun runs the gamut and the streets of the San Gabriel Valley for answers. Co-created by Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk, the eight-episode series follows the Sun family matriarch, Eileen Sun (Michelle Yeoh), who, after falling in love with a “country boy,” became second in command to one of the most lucrative and dangerous gangster businesses in Taiwan. Because of the potential threats on her family, she decides to spare her youngest son, Bruce (Sam Song Li), from the violent family business and moves with him to Los Angeles while leaving her older son, Charles (Justin Chien), back in Taiwan with his father (Johnny Kou) who turned him into a cutthroat assassin.
Here, Wu speaks with Deadline about the writing process,...
Here, Wu speaks with Deadline about the writing process,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Destiny Jackson
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen, and his naive younger brother, Bruce — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now. 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.
Review: The range of international projects on Netflix is pretty impressive. With a focus on Korean dramas, Netflix has a dearth of series from India, China, and beyond. From comedy to action, horror, and more, Netflix exclusives have been big hits for the streaming platform for years. Blending the genre hits from overseas with a Western approach,...
Review: The range of international projects on Netflix is pretty impressive. With a focus on Korean dramas, Netflix has a dearth of series from India, China, and beyond. From comedy to action, horror, and more, Netflix exclusives have been big hits for the streaming platform for years. Blending the genre hits from overseas with a Western approach,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
One of the first pieces of advice given to aspiring screenwriters is to try to write conflict without introducing a gun. Often, it’s a practical suggestion — for student productions, prop guns can be hard to come by — but it’s also an important learning exercise. Guns can be a crutch. If a character points a gun at someone’s head, there are immediate life-and-death stakes, sure, but then what? Someone either pulls the trigger or they don’t. The act itself isn’t what matters. It’s the context surrounding the action: Who’s being threatened? Why are they being threatened? What’s to be gained or lost by shooting them or letting them live? How did they get here? What drove them to such extremes? Answering these questions is what gives a story its pulse, and if you’re too quick to get to the gun, then the narrative flatlines.
- 1/4/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, December 12, 2023.
Netflix has shared the official trailer for The Brothers Sun, its upcoming drama series from Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu.
"When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles 'Chairleg' Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now," the logline teases.
"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.
The trailer takes us into the world of the action-packed comedy,...
Netflix has shared the official trailer for The Brothers Sun, its upcoming drama series from Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu.
"When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles 'Chairleg' Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now," the logline teases.
"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.
The trailer takes us into the world of the action-packed comedy,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Michelle Yeoh continues to fight for her family. Netflix released the trailer for the new action comedy series The Brothers Sun. The former Jackie Chan co-star is the matriarch of a crime family called “The Jade Dragons” and a new gang has set its sights on cutting the head off of the snake. Her son, Bruce, is in danger as he is now finding out the family he once thought was normal, is actually full of dangerous secrets. The new series was created by Byron Wu & Brad Falchuk.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now.
The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now.
- 12/7/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh is returning to her action star roots.
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Academy Award winner stars in Netflix series “The Brothers Sun,” created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu. The series centers on the Sun family, which runs a powerful Taiwanese triad. After the death of the patriarch shot by a mysterious assassin, the eldest Sun son Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) — a revered assassin in his own rite — returns to Los Angeles to protect his mother Eileen (Yeoh) and his naive younger brother Bruce (Sam Song Li).
The only more dangerous twist? The Suns have no idea they’re involved in organized crime. Per the official synopsis, “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...
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Academy Award winner stars in Netflix series “The Brothers Sun,” created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu. The series centers on the Sun family, which runs a powerful Taiwanese triad. After the death of the patriarch shot by a mysterious assassin, the eldest Sun son Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) — a revered assassin in his own rite — returns to Los Angeles to protect his mother Eileen (Yeoh) and his naive younger brother Bruce (Sam Song Li).
The only more dangerous twist? The Suns have no idea they’re involved in organized crime. Per the official synopsis, “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...
- 12/7/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Michelle Yeoh is balancing a criminal underworld with parenting duties in the first look at The Brothers Sun.
Co-created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the Netflix series stars Yeoh as Eileen Sun, a shrewd and savvy woman who built a life for herself and her youngest son, Bruce (Sam Song Li), after leaving the world of Taiwan’s gangsters and crime behind.
But years after settling in Los Angeles, her past catches up with her with the return of her eldest son, Charles (Justin Chien). Raised and groomed as a hardened criminal within a Taiwanese triad run by his crime boss father, Charles — known as “Chairleg” — has arrived to keep his mother and brother safe after his dad is killed by an unknown assassin.
In a trailer that’s more fight sequence than dialogue, Eileen teams with Charles to protect the naive Bruce, who never knew the truth about...
Co-created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, the Netflix series stars Yeoh as Eileen Sun, a shrewd and savvy woman who built a life for herself and her youngest son, Bruce (Sam Song Li), after leaving the world of Taiwan’s gangsters and crime behind.
But years after settling in Los Angeles, her past catches up with her with the return of her eldest son, Charles (Justin Chien). Raised and groomed as a hardened criminal within a Taiwanese triad run by his crime boss father, Charles — known as “Chairleg” — has arrived to keep his mother and brother safe after his dad is killed by an unknown assassin.
In a trailer that’s more fight sequence than dialogue, Eileen teams with Charles to protect the naive Bruce, who never knew the truth about...
- 11/10/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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