User Reviews

As an Asian I was really excited to see this all Asian cast and really wanted to like this series. The pilot episode started out well building tension but then it just goes downhill from there. None of the characters have the motivation it should have, they're all over the place, the arcs feels disjointed, and I really wish they didn't make the protagonist Bruce so dumb because he ended up being really unlikeable.

This series had so much potential. Hong Kong and Taiwan have done similar series/movies so the blueprint is there so I don't understand how they mess up this bad.

Plots doesn't make sense too. Are we supposed to root for the DA and Charles getting together or are we supposed to root against them? Why does the mom hate the dad? Why did the dad not financially support his wife and son all these years in America but when he got hurt they were immediately on his mind and send his oldest son. He clearly cares about them, knows where they are so why the inconsistency?

And the reason they had to leave Taiwan, the whole rolodex plot is so absurd. If the wife is that ambitious she wouldn't raise such a useless son, she wouldn't be the one who cares enough to want to take him away. The triad leaders barely had any security, the house was unguarded, no security systems, nothing is making sense. It feels like I'm watching a series created by children.

I did enjoy the violence and the humor. Charles & his mom did most of the heavy lifting, the supporting cast really could improve. Off the top of my head I can think of 10 Asian actors who can more convincingly play the various triad bosses.

So much potential wasted.

The Brothers Sun is one of those shows on Netflix that I would like more choices then "like" "very like" and "don't like" because I kinda liked it. Or more to the point I really wanted to murder Bruce who I thought was written TOO MUCH like a moralistic coward. Not much changed for him through what looks like season 1 of a continued story. There was no real growth for him. While there was plenty of growth for Charles. Which made his character far more interesting.

Honestly this story is fine but Bruce is a real problem throughout but Charles almost makes up for it. He has multiple fun storylines. His relationship with the lady prosecutor is interesting. Plus his love of cooking adds depth to his character.

This show should be a 7 or 8, I agree. But omg, it's plot hole after plot hole, bad or inconsistent character development, and I'm sorry, Sam Song Li, but your Bruce is just plain annoying 80% of the time.

Most of the acting is great, the fight scenes are believably professional, and the general storyline is pretty good. High production value, for sure. Humor is nicely, if unobtrusively, interwoven. I'd like to see a little more of that, because every single one of the actors is capable of good comedy.

It just demands too much suspension of disbelief. Allowing an unknown, unvetted person into a safe house is only one of at least a dozen of those types of failures. They all could've been avoided and the show would be that much better. Hoping for a far better S2.

This show could have been great if it wasn't for him. Its really fun overall just needs minor tweaks on bruce's character. He is trying to save them from themselves? Come on now those people kill 10 people on a daily basis, they are evil for God's sake, there is no redemption. Please leave that stupid idea behind you guys. Him accepting his family and trying to be gangsta but suck at it would've been a lot funnier than him being a little rat. Other than him the characters are great and they have enough depth to build upon. Action is really nice and over the top sometimes which feels like a homage to asian cinema.

I really fell in love with this series in the beginning. It reminded me sometimes on the series called beef because it was hilarious and has the same dark humor. The series had good action scenes in the beginning and I was so excited to binge it on few days. BUT - how the turntables. Every episode is getting weaker and weaker, especially when the series starts to end. (Last 3 Episodes)

The acting is flat and unauthentic. Please don't pretend you're worried or try to cry when you never learned that in your acting school, bro. That looks cringe and the viewers don't buy it.

And what are you writers doing? The characters starting the same dialogues over and over and the action fighting choreography is absolute cheap. You see that these actor (the pro ass assassins) never held a knife in a hand and it looks so cringe.

I mean the last 3 episodes are reminding more of a cheap family soap. And the little brother is bugging me so much, that I hoped that he died in the series that this pain of cringeness have an end.

I would rated this series normally a solid 7-8 because it has his moments but like I said, the last 3 episodes was full of dumbness decisions, unbelievable and unrealistic storyline it's not getting more than a 3.

And please explain that for me: Police know you killed so many people and still let you go? Please WHAT? Especially with declining the ridiculous and unrealistic deal (what obviously was such a joke, like huh?) I don't get it. I'm so mad.

I really enjoyed the first few episodes of this series. The premise is fun, the performances are good, and the action is all really well choreographed. Charles in particular (sorry not checking the castlist) is fantastic in the fights, and really strong dramatically.

It felt, around the midpoint, that all the major plot devices were tee'd up. Bruce's good heart would be weighed against his ambition. Charles would have to face the reality of what he has done, without his father's influence. And with the Boxer's, there was a really nice setup for a 'violence begets violence' message. They mentioned that the Triad used to fight oppression then became the oppressor, so there was an interesting comparison between them. In this shows context, a plot dealing with violent revolutionaries becoming oppressive institutions is particularly compelling.

This all seemed to be a big missed opportunity, and Grace's character really didn't get the ending she deserved. For her to be the leader of the Boxers was confusing as hell, given her age, but she could definitely have been a parallel to Charles; being coerced into violence from a young age by circumstance and community. Both of them locked in a fight against each other, while being very similar. Essentially both stuck fighting for their father.

It seems wild that this wasn't the case, I mean the way she described the Boxers as a anonymised diasporic group that sets up community hubs across the world etc. Sounded SO SIMILAR to the triad. I was really expecting the reveal to be that they were funded by one of the gangs from the start. And this was all part of the endless cycle of violence, perpetuated by the greed of people like ba ba sun.

Maybe I just totally misread the plot, but it seemed like the story was honing in on a message about the price of ambition and greed. The pain that created the Boxers. Alexis double crossing Charles for her career, shattering the most meaningful relationship either of them had. TK (who I'm baffled survived) taking constant risks for money.

And through all that would be Bruce, shaped by the decision his mother made to abandon all that. A choice made to provide at least one of her sons a loving home. Faced with the temptation of money and power, like he was tempted into selling drugs, he would need to make the same choice his mother did. To ultimately place more value in a peaceful life than in the glamorous, but cruel life of the triad.

But this isn't what happens. The boxers remain an anomalous group with no backing, or self awareness. Bruce is never offered his moral choice, instead using violence against violence by shooting his father, and enjoying the excesses of a lifestyle bought with blood.

Most bizzarely of all, their mother didn't want peace for her son, but actually just wanted all the power herself but couldn't get it because of sexism. So she leaves to become the next slaver queen of east Asia. And poor Charles goes from being an enforcer for one insane parent, to being an enforcer for the other insane parent.

I really enjoyed the first part of this series. I'm just really confused about where the story ended up going, and really dissatisfied with the resolutions all the characters ended up getting.

Genuinely a lot to like about it though, the action was for the most part fantastic. I'm just hung up on the story because it really fell flat.

The concept and scenario of the series is intriguing, secret lifes of half of the family and the normal life of the other half colliding in an interesting way. But the sillyness of Bruce is overwhelming sometimes. It sometimes feels like he is being this silly intentionally and it ruins the flow of the series.

Other characters are quite interesting even though some of those are lack of character building.

Locations and cinematography looks cool.

But again Bruce is unnecessarily stupid for a kid that is said to be clever. Michelle Yeohs mother portrait is actually quite interesting and cool to watch.