Hulu just gave us our first look at their upcoming adaptation of Charles Yu's bestselling 2020 novel, "Interior Chinatown", and, from the looks of this wild trailer, I'll absolutely be giving it a shot. The trailer begins in a pretty sedate fashion, but it makes "Interior Chinatown" out as a combination of high-octane action and crime drama, spiced up with the comic stylings of its lead stars. We start with our introduction to Willis Wu (Jimmy O.
Yang), a "background character" trapped on the sidelines of a police procedural and living out a pretty bland life, day in, day out. That is, until, he crosses paths with a detective (Chloe Bennet) who enlists him as her inside man to look into a mysterious string of incidents occurring in Chinatown. From that point, the teaser takes a turn.
As hints of the case and the show's stranger side crop up, we're promised a "mind-bending" watch. Then, just as Willis warns that kung fu can break out at any moment in the area..
. we get a taste of some kung-fu action courtesy of Willis, his Golden Palace co-worker (played by Ronnie Cheng), and some mysterious thugs. Intrigued? Check it out below: Watching the above "Interior Chinatown" footage, I couldn't help but recall two other action-packed projects from recent memory: the Daniels' thrilling multiversal adventure, " Everything Everywhere All At Once ," and Netflix 's underrated comedy-drama, " The Brothers Sun ".
As a big fan of both (and someone excited about Ke Huy Quan's forthcoming movi.