Warrior - US Pace - Cinemax (Spoilers)

Agent Coulson · 23-08-2018 3:25pm #1

From the guys who made Banshee.

Warrior is an American action television series created by Jonathan Tropper and Justin Lin set to air on Cinemax beginning in 2018 or early 2019. It is based on an original idea by Bruce Lee

Set at the times of the Tong Wars in the late 1800s in San Francisco, the series follows a martial arts prodigy originating in China who moves to San Francisco and ends up becoming a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.

Unearthly · 23-08-2018 4:25pm

"From the guys who made Banshee"

I'm in

CastorTroy · 05-04-2019 12:39am

Starts tomorrow (Friday)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Dt-5Pv61Q

TerrorFirmer · 05-04-2019 5:58pm

Unearthly wrote: »

"From the guys who made Banshee"

Expect brutal violence, unnecessary profanity and copious nudity.

Heckler · 05-04-2019 8:00pm

As Unearthly said.

Banshee was one of the most entertaining, kick ass, ridiculous shows I'd seen in years and I loved every minute of it. And while I'd love more it didn't outstay its welcome.

I'd have faith in this.

CastorTroy · 05-04-2019 9:51pm

Exactly. Banshee, Martial Arts, Bruce Lee, Cinemax, Hoon Lee(Job from Banshee)

Mr E · 07-04-2019 3:52pm

This was great. Not sure the story makes a whole lot of sense yet - there are a lot of characters. But I'm enjoying it.

If there was one negative, I think the music doesn't suit the show 100% (in the fight scenes anyway).
The way they got around the subtitles was very clever.

Loved the intro too. I never got tired of Banshee's intro and I think this one was just as good.

Slydice · 21-04-2019 5:55pm

ah crap, careful googling any laws they mention. gives an idea of what might happen if this goes on for a few seasons.

2: looks like this will develop into a city-wide story but that makes sense knowing banshee

Slydice · 22-04-2019 10:51am

3: F***ing hell, for a second I thought he was gonna

burn the whole family!

Unearthly · 22-04-2019 5:13pm

Very enjoyable so far but it's not doing good in the ratings. Banshee used to average between 0.4 to 0.6, while this is just doing over 0.1. Quarry which was a great show on cinemax had similar ratings as Warrior and was cancelled after 1 season

TerrorFirmer · 25-04-2019 10:18am

I was thinking the same. The ratings are terrible but apparently it's already been renewed for a second season.

At least Quarry works fine as a once off, was a shame it was cancelled but it's still worth watching and there aren't loose ends really. Nothing worse than a cancelled show that ends with cliff hangers and/or no resolution to the story.

2smiggy · 25-04-2019 11:07am

I'm enjoying it so far, I was a big fan of Banshee. Hopefully the ratings pic up, as it definitely has potential

Skerries · 25-04-2019 1:50pm

good show, surprised to see that most of the "irish" are actually british actors

Diceicle · 25-04-2019 3:28pm

Only watched the trailer. Have no watched Banshee. Am hoping for something 'Gangs of New York'-esque. Will I be disappointed?

Agent Coulson · 04-05-2019 5:47pm

A great episode this week.

China meets Deadwood.

Just read it was inspired by the Hateful Eight.

Slydice · 06-05-2019 10:51pm

That was freakin cool!

Can't say I remember a western being done like that before
AND
it felt like proper western!

Hateful Eight inspiration sounds about right!

That scene where he

rips out yer mans throat!

:eek:

Slydice · 15-05-2019 9:40pm

6: That was gruesome!

Slydice · 19-05-2019 9:32pm

7: Well.. next up:

Bloodbath!

Slydice · 27-05-2019 12:13am

8: Right! I get the feeling the next episode is gonna be one episode lenght fight! Something like a cross between the lenght of one of Rockies fights crossed with van Dammes AWOL (which upon googling I learned is somehow mainstream know as .. Lionheart? wtf)

Slydice · 09-06-2019 8:00pm

9: Next one is the finale!

Honestly thought

Ah Sahm had it after he hit yer man in the chest. Looked like he broke through the ribs into something vital. So he's outta the business now from the looks of it. Unless.. is the long term plan for him to team-up with Ah Toy?

Not sure what the story with the

cop is. Just cos he was askin questions? Feels like that'll bring unwanted attention.

What a beat down

at the start all the same!

Agent Coulson · 09-06-2019 8:13pm

Really enjoyed the season and hopefully it gets renewed.

Unearthly · 09-06-2019 8:26pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Really enjoyed the season and hopefully it gets renewed.

Already renewed for a S2.

I'm going to catch up on it when it comes to Sky at end of the month

Slydice · 10-06-2019 11:50pm

Finished!

10: Awe Yis!

Honestly don't know how they got me to that point.. but they did. Fair play.

I was wondering who yer man

who died was

cos he seemed familiar but when I looked him up, this was the only part that jumped out as to where I might be remembering him from:

Gonna be a fair few fights to come.. but if it doesn't get renewed.. you know.. that ending kinda works better than most cancelled shows.

At the end, did

Ah Toy and Ah Sahm seem familiar? Like Ah Sahm seemed a bit Keanu Reeves .. ish.

expectationlost · 11-06-2019 8:34pm

could he not set up his own tong?

[Deleted User] · 27-06-2019 4:34pm

Just watched the first episode on Sky! Love it,echoes of Banshee there! Gotta love it,violence and porn!

Slydice · 27-06-2019 4:52pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

Just watched the first episode on Sky! Love it,echoes of Banshee there! Gotta love it,violence and porn!

The one episode to definitely not miss is episode 5!

JP Liz V1 · 27-06-2019 8:47pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

Just watched the first episode on Sky! Love it,echoes of Banshee there! Gotta love it,violence and porn!

When did it start on Sky?

Skerries · 27-06-2019 9:39pm

Slydice wrote: »

The one episode to definitely not miss is episode 5!

the one that's basically Assault on Precinct 13? brilliant episode

coffee_cake · 03-07-2019 10:56pm

Skerries wrote: »

good show, surprised to see that most of the "irish" are actually british actors

definitely. sure your man the main lad is japanese playing a chinese

cdgalwegian · 04-07-2019 8:13am

Slydice wrote: »

The one episode to definitely not miss is episode 5!

Cool. Will be watching that tomorrow.
TBH, it started off a bit corny to me, without anything much new in it (switching from Chinese to English is clever though), but it's really grown on me. I noticed though the fighting (the Jeet Kune Do) was good at the start, but started taking place progressively more in the dark- I literally couldn't see what what was happening.
It's like long form 'Gangs of New York', except where the Irish were against African-Americans taking jobs after the civil war in that, it's the Chinese fleeing their home country in this. Always good to have a historical backdrop to the politics as well as the punch-ups!

cdgalwegian · 23-07-2019 10:44pm

A very enjoyable series, even with some dodgy accents and acting, and a lot of fight scenes occurring in dimly lit/dark backgrounds.
It is more than just a kung-fu-based series though. There's plenty of intrigue/double-crossing, and cultural/historical angles for the story-lines to zip along; so looking forward to season 2.

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