Why You Should Get HBOMax: Warrior
With two posts we’ve officially got a series cookin’, baby. My last one hinted at this, but the next of HBOMax’s underappreciated all-stars is another Cinemax show, Warrior . Based on a treatment written by Bruce Lee before he died and even produced by his daughter Shannon, it tells the story of Chinese immigrant Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) coming to San Francisco during the Reconstruction and infiltrating the criminal underworld of Chinatown to find his estranged sister. He joins up with the heir apparent of a local gang, Jason Tobin as Young Jun, to investigate. Meanwhile, the crucible of turn-of-the-century America is heating up San Francisco as the rest of the cast try to take control of the city. True to Bruce’s legacy, this struggle involves no shortage of beautifully constructed ass-beatings every single episode. Andrew Koji carries the lead role extremely well through the show’s intricate fight choreography. Warrior brings us everyt...