Netflix's Violent New Series 'American Primeval' Might Be Hard to Watch
The show is set in 1857 America when "up is down, pain is everywhere, innocence and tranquility are losing the battle to hatred and fear," according to Netflix. "Peace is the shrinking minority, and very few possess grace—even fewer know compassion. There is no safe haven in these brutal lands, and only one goal matters: survival."
‘American Primeval’ Ending Explained: Do Any Characters Survive the Brutal Netflix Western?
While Brigham Young (Kim Coates) succeeds in burning down Jim Bridger’s (Shea Whigham) beloved fort, Bridger survives the fire. In real life, Jim Bridger would head east to plea his case to the U.S. Government against Young. Fort Bridger would be resurrected as a key U.S. military base of operations and Bridger wouldn’t die until 1881.
'American Primeval' Reviews Reveal Netflix's Brutal Western is a Mixed Bag
The first reviews for Netflix's brutal Western are out, and the critic response thus far has been mixed, to say the least.
All the filming locations behind the new Netflix show ‘American Primeval’
While the story that unfolds on-screen took place in the 19th century Utah Territory – now Utah state – the show was filmed entirely in New Mexico, 600 miles to the south east.
‘American Primeval’ Review: Hopeless on the Range
In the catalog of the modern western, a lot of space is given to stories focused on what is assumed to have been the sheer miserableness of life on the frontier. Viscous carpets of mud. Frigid snowscapes. Scalpings. Rapes. The sibilant impact of arrows puncturing flesh.
‘American Primeval’ Cast and Character Guide: Who’s Who in Netflix’s Western Miniseries?
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‘American Primeval’ Review: Betty Gilpin Leads Netflix’s Relentlessly Brutal Peter Berg-Helmed Western Miniseries
Creator Mark L. Smith's six-episode examination of scruffy, vicious people traversing the Utah Territory in 1857 also stars Taylor Kitsch and Dane DeHaan.
What Is the True Story Behind Netflix's Violent Western American Primeval?
The series, now streaming on Netflix, depicts the brutality with which the Mormons sought to create a new world for their beliefs, the pride with which the native people held onto their ancestral lands, and the tragedy of the people just seeking to make a new home in the chaos. But is any of it true?
'American Primeval' Review: Netflix's Violent Western Plays Like a Masochistic Binge
America's past is pock-marked with cruelty, blood and deceit, and while more and more films and movies ("1883," "Killers Of The Flower Moon," "Power Of The Dog," et al) have tried to show that reality in recent years,
'American Primeval' review: Brutal Western makes 'Game of Thrones' look tame
Lights" creator Peter Berg makes the wild west look like hell on Earth in "American Primeval." There's some good between all the blood.
Netflix's ‘American Primeval' Is a Brutally Violent Western Led by a Compelling Taylor Kitsch: TV Review
In Netflix’s new limited series, “American Primeval,” written by “The Revenant” scribe Mark. L. Smith, audiences are thrust into the viciousness of the American West, specifically the Utah Territory in 1857.
‘American Primeval’ Star Betty Gilpin Says Sara’s “Horrible, Traumatic Experience” in Episode 3 “Unlocks” Her Wild Side
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Meet the cast of Netflix's American Primeval: From Glow and Spider-Man to True Detective and Marvel stars
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