But just how gory is “American Primeval?” At one point, Bridger – usually a whimsical sort – slams a shovel down, sharp edge first, through a man’s foot. “Netflix’s Violent New Western Series Will ...

Smith, would be teaming up with director Peter Berg (Lone Survivor; Patriots Day) for American Primeval, a Western miniseries on Netflix set during the mid-19th century. The story promised a ...

By exposing the brutality and moral contradictions that shaped the frontier, the series challenges viewers to sit with uncomfortable truths.

120 people were murdered. Netflix's dark new Western series, "American Primeval," draws inspiration from a real-life American tragedy to depict the harsh landscape of the West in the 1800s.

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Hell, apparently, is Utah in 1857. At least that's the way it looks in "American Primeval," Netflix's new Western, for which "brutal" isn't a strong enough adjective. It's savage and primal and ...

Heroes are in short supply in the Western hellscape painted by “American Primeval.” Many have recently commented on the wild historical inaccuracies of which the Netflix miniseries is guilty.

There are plenty of assertions that the popular series “American Primeval” — billed as historical ... promoting romanticized versions of early Western life, misinformation and stereotypes.

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