![]() On the one side sits the impetuous Young Jun (Jason Tobin), the bastard heir to the Hop Wei empire on the other side sits Mai Ling (Dianne Doann), the ruthless leader of the Long Zii who will sacrifice everything in the name of victory. It is the 1870s, and the growth of San Francisco is undercut by a bloody war between two rival tongs. With Andrew Koji’s Ah Sahm as our reluctant hero, we are treated to the San Francisco riot and the storm clouds Chinese Exclusion Act - not to mention a deluge of martial arts fight sequences that would make Lee himself proud. Based on a story treatment by Bruce Lee and produced by action filmmaker extraordinaire Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow, Fast & Furious), Warrior wove itself through a series of historical events that shaped the role of Chinese immigrants in America. ![]() ![]() Warrior may be a show about honor and family, but money will always shape the future of San Francisco better than a blade.įrom the opening minutes of its first episode, Warrior has positioned itself as a grand battle between two rival armies for the beating heart of Chinatown. This new chapter grapples with the stakes of the American Industrial Revolution and proves what we already know: no matter who wins the battle for Chinatown, the Chinese and Irish are doomed to fight over the scraps that the wealthy titans of industry scatter across the city. In the first three episodes of Season 3, Warrior promises that its violence will spill out from the streets and into the boardroom. This scene presents the crumbling of our national identity and presents as an awe-inspiring work of historical filmmaking.Īnd if you liked that, you’ll love Season 3 of Warrior. Two enemies, marked with blood, face off against a backdrop of destruction and chaos behind them, Civil War riots rip through the streets of New York, making the violent turf war between two rival immigrant communities seem suddenly small in the face of a fractured America. Few scenes linger in the mind quite like the closing minutes of Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York.
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