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Mild spoiler warning forThe Brothers Sun, all eight episodes of which are available now on Netflix.

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Michelle Yeoh can do everythingThe Brothers Sunasks of her in her sleep.

After an attack leaves his father hospitalized, Charles travels to California to protect his mother and brother.

Despite being more similar than they realize, Charles and Bruce observe each other with resentment.

She proffers a flat no when Bruce asks, Dont you care about how I feel?

and punctuates her We dont hit family!

proclamation to her sons with smacks to the head that drive her point home.

The performances are hindered, though, byThe Brothers Suns other inconsistencies.

The assassins targeting the triads are called the Boxers, seemingly named after the nationalist and anti-imperialist Boxer Rebellion.

The reference only ever remains a dangling thread.

Yeoh barely breaks a sweat as she and her opponent throw each other around a cramped motel room.

YetThe Brothers Suncant find its way out of the fight and into something more coherent.