Netflix has officially added two popular Taiwanese gangster movies to its library. Beginning, fans of the action thriller franchise Gatao will finally be able to stream its first installment from 2015 and 2025’s Gatao: Big Brothers. The latter serves as the latest and fifth entry to the film series.
“Qing Feng is the top lieutenant under gang boss Yong. Three years ago, his good friend Xiong went to jail for him in the name of brotherhood. Upon his return, Xiong is immediately favored by Yong, which plants a growing rift in his friendship with Qing Feng,” reads the synopsis for Gatao. “Over on the rival gang side, U.S.-educated Michael returns to Taiwan to take over for his late father and applies ruthless business strategies to expand his turf. With his eyes set on a profitable property development project, Michael will stop at nothing to eliminate Yong and take over his turf.”
“Michael and his right-hand man Scorpion, who find themselves embroiled in their father Ko’s turf war against rival gangs in Taipei, setting off a conflict between old and new generations of gangsters,” reads the description for Gatao: Big Brothers. “The film is the latest installment in the Gatao franchise, following the narrative of a young successor trying to expand his power while navigating the volatile underworld.”
What do we know about the Gatao franchise?
The beloved Taiwanese gangster franchise explores the lives and violent struggles of organized crime syndicates in Taiwan. At the moment, it already consists of five movies, including 2015’s Gatao, 2018’s Gatao 2: Rise of the King, 2021’s Gatao: The Last Stray, 2024’s Gatao: Like Father Like Son, and 2025’s Gatao: Big Brothers. Each installment revolves around a new set of characters and a different gangster story.
The Gatao movies featured appearances from Jack Kao, Sunny Wang, Alien Huang, Wang Shih-Sian, Rexen Cheng Jen-Shuo, Tsai Chen-Nan, Harry Chang, Peng Sun, Tai Bo, Nikki Hsieh, Lung Tien-Hsiang, Jieh-Wen King, Collin Chou, and more. The creative team is led by writer-director Jui-Chih Chiang, the only filmmaker who has consistently worked on all five movies.
Apart from the 2015 movie and Big Brothers, both The Last Stray and Like Father Like Son are already streaming on Netflix. At the moment, the 2018 sequel is the only one missing from the streaming platform.
(Source: TMBD)
