- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 4, 2024
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There are eight episodes, and while there's a risk that the unrelenting, full-throttle energy might veer the whole thing off the road before the series ends, the opening episodes suggest a fun ride.
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Whether you find The Brothers Sun a binge or a bore will depend on how receptive you are to a serious subtext about family obligations, and the eternal truth that kids and parents never really know each other as well as they like to think. .... If anyone can hold a show like this together it is Yeoh.
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It was never trying to be special, even though I wish it had.
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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.
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The Brothers Sun is the type of series that feels like it has room to grow, as it leaves the door open for more, but it would also do well to recognize its greatest strengths in future seasons.
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A hodgepodge of a martial arts family dramedy, elevated by the presence and performance of Michelle Yeoh.
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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.
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The Brothers Sun shows early promise by leaning into the comedy of its odd-couple pairings. But it neglects to flesh out those dynamics further, making a misguided shift to more dramatic storytelling fall even flatter.
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Yeoh barely breaks a sweat as she and her opponent throw each other around a cramped motel room. Yet The Brothers Sun can’t find its way out of the fight and into something more coherent.