We may be only four days into the new year, but we're calling it: One of the best action series of 2024 has just arrived. Netflix's latest release, The Brothers Sun, is a genre-bending, irreverent Taiwanese-American family drama that seems designed to surprise viewers at every moment.
The series' pilot opens on a penthouse bachelor's pad in Taipei, and quickly introduces legendary killer Charles "Chairleg" Sun (Justin Chien) as he's... baking. Gorgeous shots of falling dusting sugar and drizzled strawberry syrup play as I began to wonder, Did I somehow click on the wrong title? Three masked assassins then break into the apartment, and Charles fights them off in a kinetic, excellently-choreographed one-shot sequence. At the fight's midpoint, he's kicked into a rotating TV, and all the action is pushed to the back as the camera focuses on Great British Baking Show playing in the foreground.
