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There’s horror, there’s fiction, there’s thriller and then there’s Wu Assassins. The series has been created by John Wirth and Tony Krantz. It features Iko Uwais, Byron Mann, Lewis Tan, Lawrence Kao, Celia Au, Li Jun Li, Tommy Flanagan and Katheryn Winnick in prominent roles. It was one of the most liked series in its genre and received a lot of critical acclaim after the release of its first season. Especially the fight sequences were said to be shot with utmost efficiency and perfection. 

The first season of the show has received a lot of appreciation and accolades from the audience and has covered a huge fan base. Fans of the show are now looking forward to it’s second season and what it holds to offer them.

Show Details

TV Series: Wu Assassin’s
Genre: Action

Crime drama

Martial arts

Supernatural fiction

Created by:  John Wirth

Tony Krantz 

Starring : Iko Uwais

Byron Mann

Lewis Tan

Lawrence Kao

Celia Au

Li Jun Li

Tommy Flanagan

Katheryn Winnick.

Place Of Origin: United States
Composer: Jeehun Hwang
Original language: English

Wu Assassins Season 2 release date

More about the show

Netflix, announced in 2018, that it has signed a 10 episode deal with the makers of Wu Assassin’s. John Wirth has co- created the series with Tony Krantz and is an executive producer to it along with John Wirth, Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev, Tony Krantz, Stephen Fung, Iko Uwais and Katheryn Winnick. The first two episodes of the series were directed by Stephen Fung. Iko Uwais joined the series not just as an actor but also as a stunt coordinator and fight choreographer. The first season of the series was shot primarily in Vancouver, Canada from August to November, 2018.

Cast and crew of the series

Iko Uwais is featured as Kai Jin, who is a chef by profession, in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Byron Mann played the character of Uncle Six who is the head of the criminal world in Chinatown. Li Jun Li played Jenny Wah who is the owner of a Chinese-American restaurant. Celia Au played the character of Ying Ying, Kai’s teacher of Wu Assassin.

Lewis Tan played the character of Kai’s friend, Lu Xin Lee. Tommy Wah is the elder brother of Jenny and has been played by Lawrence Kao. Tommy Flanagan played the character of Alec McCullough and Katheryn Winnick played Christine “CG” Gavin who was an undercover inspector. Tzi Ma played the character of Mr. Young, JuJu Chan played Zan, Mark Dacascos played a monk and Cranston Johnson played the character of Frank Fletcher. 

Episodes

 The first season of the series had 10 seasons. The first episode is named “Drunken Watermelon” and it aired on August 8, 2019. The second episode aired on August 8, 2019 and it was called “Misspent Youth”. On August 8, 2019, it aired its third episode called “Fire Chicken”. The fourth episode, called “A Twisting Snake” aired on August 8, 2019.

The fifth episode of the series was named “Codladh Sámh” and it aired on August 8, 2019. “Gu Assassins” was the sixth episode of the series and was aired on August 8, 2019. “Legacy” was the seventh episode of the series and was aired on August 8, 2019. The eighth episode of the series was called “Ladies’ Night” and it was released on August 8, 2019. The ninth episode of the series was called “Paths: Part 1” and it was released on August 8, 2019. The series concluded with the tenth episode called “Paths: Part 2” and aired on August 8, 2019.

Story and Plot

The story revolves around Kai Jin, who is a chef in Chinatown, in San Francisco. He becomes involved in Chinese Triad’s matter relating to some kind of deadly powers that have existed since a long time and are known as ‘Wu Xing.’ Once when Kai comes across a mystical spirit, he almost unwillingly becomes the Wu Assassin. He starts employing his good enough martial arts skills to get a better hold of supernatural powers from five criminals who try to threaten him that they shall use the powers to bring the world to its end.

Is the show worth watching?

The story and the plot of the show have been a subject of major discussion among its fans. Talking about the same and hinting a bit towards it Li Jun Li asserted, 

“I think Jenny gets into politics. We don’t know much about where it can go, but I do know Jenny might go into politics.” A lot of rumours and news about the show are doing rounds. Also, relying on the first season of the show, it can be said that the second season wouldn’t disappoint us. 

Wu Assassins Season 2 Release date

Talking about the season 2 of the series, Tzi Ma asserted, “They’re changing the format. I think they’re going to do two kinds of movies of the week instead of a series.”

Explaining how he cannot be a part of the second season, he added “I can’t be a part of it because I’m committed to another series. But I think that’s what they’re going to do. They’re going to do two movies of the week where Iko [Uwais]’s character moves from Thailand and South Africa. But COVID hit. I think they were going to shoot in Thailand for one movie, and then shoot in South Africa for the other.”

Celia Au talked about the series and it’s second season and affirmed, “I definitely want to see more about what happened with the other 997 Wu Assassins. In my mind, throughout the years of her failing her mission and seeing her Wu Assassins dying, she becomes less emotional and harder and harder on her Wu Assassins – because she can see the consequences and she’s seen it all, and she doesn’t want for it to repeat itself even though it has 999 times.” However, there has been no clear statement about the release date of the show.