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Warrior (2019)

Warrior poster
Directed by
Assaf Bernstein
Genre
action television series, drama television series
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 30 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 661 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A martial arts skilled Chinese immigrant arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Tong wars of the late 1800s. He gets pulled into the violent power struggles between rival criminal gangs and corrupt officials.

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What happens

Warrior (Chinese: 戰士) is an American martial arts crime drama television series that premiered on April 5, 2019, on Cinemax. It is based on an original concept and treatment by Bruce Lee, and is executive-produced by his daughter, Shannon Lee, and film director Justin Lin. Jonathan Tropper, known for the Cinemax original series Banshee, is the showrunner. In April 2019, Cinemax renewed the series for a second season which premiered on October 2, 2020. It was Cinemax's final series before ceasing production of original programming. In April 2021, the series was renewed for a third season, along with the announcement that the series would move to HBO Max, later rebranded to Max. The third season premiered on Max on June 29, 2023. In December 2023, the series was canceled after three seasons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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