Netflix kicks off 2024 with The Brothers Sun, starring Michelle Yeoh as a mother with a criminal past – watch the first trailer now

A New Year always brings uncertainty, but maybe not in the case of Netflix’s 2024 lineup. The streamer starts strong this January with The Brothers Sun, an action-filled crime drama starring Michelle Yeoh as Eileen, the wife of Triad kingpin who has fled to America to protect her family.

Unlike Everything Everywhere All at Once – which saw Yeoh win the Academy Award for Best Actress – Eileen is a very different kind of protective mother.

As the trailer shows, expect things to get very bloody. While Yeoh doesn’t get her hands dirty herself – yet, anyway – she gives more than one verbal beatdown to those threatening her children and is in terrifyingly good form throughout.

The eight-part series, penned by an all-Asian writers’ room, not only features the fledgling bond between Eileen’s two youngest, according to co-creator Byron Wu, it also showcases Yeoh’s ability to nurture new talent.

As Wu tells Netflix, “What I love about Michelle is how much respect she commanded from her two sons on the show, but also from those actors.”

Wu adds, “Of course [I loved] everything she did for the character, but to me I think the most astounding thing was watching her nurture and mentor all these young actors and help them and honestly make them step up. I’ll always appreciate that.”