Limited Series – American Primeval

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Tom Q I thought this was a great series. Very gritty and I would guess accurate to how people in the west would have been. My wife and I try to slowly watch series like these, but this swept us up in the story and we got through it in two sittings. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/25 Full Review JOAN PAU R This was very evocative and stayed with me. The historical context of the clash for Utah between the Mormons, the native peoples, and the other colonists (supported ith remarkable inefficiency by the federal army), is offered with enough complexity, and the use of the landscape to convey the discomfort is superb. I particularly liked the female lead, playing runaway mother from the civilized East Sara, both dignified and a little stupid, and the human touch in the interactions between white settlers and native Americans, especially the two young ones. This may be a little romanticised, as it plays with the obvious tropes of the dirty western, and perhaps the Mormons were less uniformly vilanous than is here suggested, but the massacre of travelling colonists at the heart of the story did occur. (If you want something even more realistic and even darker try Killers of the Flower Moon). Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/25 Full Review Bo M A well-made series, I watched it with pleasure Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/25 Full Review Karen J Decent show up until the last 2 episodes. Terrible ending. I wish I could get those 6 hours of my life back. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/05/25 Full Review Ernest L I really enjoyed American Primeval which takes place during 1857 just before the civil war. An exciting story with lots of action about the Mormons, Native Americans and civilian population clashing against one another. In the midst of all that is going on we have a mother, with a bounty on her for murder, traveling with her young son. This is a limited series on playing on NetFlix. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/25 Full Review Kate M Brutal but brilliant. Despite not being my usual taste in shows, American Primeval was a phenomenal watch. Great casting, writing and acting. It's not an easy watch, but my goodness, it's worth it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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