American Primeval, a new Netflix limited series about the Utah War in the 1850s, isn’t afraid to dramatize the horrors of the Old West. Directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) and written by Mark L.

American Primeval has just dropped on Netflix, offering a Western series set in 1857, with a star-studded cast including Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin and Kim Coates

Netflix's most ambitious western to date explores the conflicts that threaten to destroy pluralistic societies

Netflix's new limited series is set in the Old West, but it's much more than a Western, says star Kim Coates, who plays Brigham Young.

Jacob is a Mormon who's leading his family to Utah for a new life. He's played by Dane DeHaan, who recently appeared in "Oppenheimer" and "Dumb Money." Y

Peter Berg directs an epic six-part drama about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, in which more than 100 settlers were murdered by militant Mormons.

Netflix‘s new limited series American Primeval gives a startling look at the American West in the mid-1800s, when Native Americans came to deadly blows with Mormon soldiers, pioneers looking for a new life,

American Primeval is bleak. The way it ends and the warnings it maps out all come together in a violent spectacle that doesn't valorize the West. The post REVIEW: ‘American Primeval’ Is One Of Netflix’s Bleakest and Best Miniseries appeared first on But Why Tho?