Similar to the fourth season of Noah Hawley’s Fargo, Warrior explores America’s racial history and its intersection with the immigrant experience-it shows how, in a nation of immigrants, nonwhite people are seldom considered “American” by their white peers.

To list every character and their relationships to one another would require an entirely new blog, but here are some standouts: Mai Ling, head of rival Tong the Long Zii, who is also Sahm’s secret sister Buckley, a Machiavellian deputy mayor whom everyone should be suspicious of because his name is Buckley and Wang Chao, a man I can only describe as “ Warrior’s answer to Varys and Littlefinger.” Another Ryan Murphy Netflix Show, Another MissĪfter introducing Sahm and the grimy streets of 19th-century San Francisco, Warrior quickly becomes a true ensemble piece-its deep roster of characters includes rival Tongs, brothel owners, policemen, businessmen, corrupt politicians, and aggrieved spouses of said corrupt politicians. The Ringer Guide to Streaming in October ‘Fargo’ Is Fun.

The vibe is very much “What if Peaky Blinders was racially diverse and half the characters could roundhouse kick you in the face?” Sahm, a proficient martial artist, is quickly sucked into Chinatown’s Tong Wars after joining the Hop Wei Tong, all while anti-Chinese sentiments grow more hostile in the city-particularly among members of the Irish working class, who believe that Chinese workers are taking jobs away from them. The series, which was brought to life by Bruce’s daughter, Shannon Lee, director of four Fast & Furious films, Justin Lin (as an executive producer), and Jonathan Tropper (creator of Cinemax’s Banshee, who serves as the showrunner), focuses on Chinese immigrant Ah Sahm (played by Andrew Koji, in a role Lee once envisioned for himself) as he arrives in San Francisco in 1875. But the news also means that Warrior, a supremely kick-ass and criminally underappreciated martial arts Western based on the works of Bruce Lee, will struggle to fight another day.

Now you might be thinking, “Wait, Cinemax has TV shows?!” and, well, fair-lots of people slept on The Knick, and fewer still could name three Cinemax original series. As announced at the start of 2020, Cinemax will no longer work on original content-nor will the brand be folded into the company’s glitzy new streaming service. One of the casualties from HBO Max becoming WarnerMedia’s number one priority is Cinemax, HBO’s somewhat unheralded sister network.

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