‘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’ is a bloody western meditating on survival in a brutal world
Netflix's limited series starring Betty Gilpin and Taylor Kitsch plays out against the background of the so-called Utah War.
'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.
American Primeval Review: A Wild West Melting Pot Boils Over
Netflix's most ambitious western to date explores the conflicts that threaten to destroy pluralistic societies
‘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' review: Can Netflix's grimy Western mini-series best 'Yellowstone'?
However, it saps anything resembling wistfulness from its Hollywood Western roots, complicating its chances of cornering the post-Yellowstone market (alongside the latter's many spin-offs). What's left is the husk of a beloved genre,
American Primeval review — Old West saga is a darker alternative to Yellowstone
The fates of these five characters — and those of the people they encounter along the way — unfold over six gruelling and sprawling episodes. The latest offering in TV’s recent Western renaissance, it feels darker and grittier than Taylor Sheridan’s soapy “horse opera” Yellowstone and a world away from the romanticised West of the genre’s heyday.
American Primeval episode 1 recap: Welcome to the brutal American West in 1857
In the first episode of American Primeval, Sara (Betty Gilpin) journeys West to find her husband, but things do not go according to the plan.
‘American Primeval’: How Did Brigham Young Die?
Was he somewhat responsible? Did he have nothing to do with it? Like we had to make choices," actor Kim Coates told Decider.
How ‘Jeremiah Johnson' and an Ice Axe Inspired Peter Berg's Epic Netflix Western ‘American Primeval'
The director of "American Primeval" stops by IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to talk about how he embarked on the ...
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Peter Berg Shows the Ugly Side of American History With the Frustrating “American Primeval”
Around the same time, a young Indigenous woman named Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier) flees from her Shoshone tribe after killing ...
‘American Primeval’ Star Betty Gilpin Says Sara’s “Horrible, Traumatic Experience” in Episode 3 “Unlocks” Her Wild Side
What follows is traumatic episode that culminates in Sara “finding her inner ‘American primeval,'” according to series star ...
‘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 ...
What to Watch and Read if You’re Into ‘American Primeval’
This unsparingly grim Netflix western draws from a tradition of works eager to push beyond sanitized frontier myths. Here’s a ...