It's a revenge spaghetti western gussied up with beautiful scenery. It's set from 1875 to 1903, but mostly in 1890 in the American west, with some scenes in England. It follows two persons seeking justice who join forces in their search.
Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer) is from the Pawnee People but has served as a military scout in the U. S. army. In 1875 he witnessed a massacre led by three renegade soldiers, Jerome McClintock (Julian Bleach), Billy Myers (Nicholas Aaron), and Timothy Flynn (Miguel Alvarez). Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt) is an aristocratic English woman who follows her fiancée, Thomas Trafford (Tom Hughes), to the American west, where he invests British money to establish a large cattle operation. His assistant, David Melmont (Rafe Spall), is an unscrupulous, strong-willed man who dominates and then separates from Trafford.
The series introduces many other characters, but the main story follows Whipp's pursuit of the renegade soldiers who know he witnessed the massacre and Locke's return in 1890 to the American west in the quest of David Melmont, who she says is responsible for her son's death.
The series features a clipped conversational style, lots of violence, and many beautiful sunsets in which the characters move against the sun's backdrop. The first five episodes have confusing jumps in characters and time, leaving many gaps to be filled in by the last episode. That episode finally introduces a wrinkle new to a western that features several strong women and the strong man who plays the Clint Eastwood role.
A supplemental interest for me was the inclusion in episodes two and three cameo appearances of Pennsylvania Mennonites heading west to settle. The name mentioned was Brubacher, though surprisingly, they were bringing a small amount of Turkey Red wheat, which historically didn't come from Pennsylvania. By 1890 I think most Mennonite men were clean-shaven; these men looked more like Amish. They also seemed uncomfortable in English, which would not have been the case.
This series could have been a good story if it had been half as long. It included too many irrelevant side stories (like the Mennonites). The final episode raises it to the rating I give it.
Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer) is from the Pawnee People but has served as a military scout in the U. S. army. In 1875 he witnessed a massacre led by three renegade soldiers, Jerome McClintock (Julian Bleach), Billy Myers (Nicholas Aaron), and Timothy Flynn (Miguel Alvarez). Cornelia Locke (Emily Blunt) is an aristocratic English woman who follows her fiancée, Thomas Trafford (Tom Hughes), to the American west, where he invests British money to establish a large cattle operation. His assistant, David Melmont (Rafe Spall), is an unscrupulous, strong-willed man who dominates and then separates from Trafford.
The series introduces many other characters, but the main story follows Whipp's pursuit of the renegade soldiers who know he witnessed the massacre and Locke's return in 1890 to the American west in the quest of David Melmont, who she says is responsible for her son's death.
The series features a clipped conversational style, lots of violence, and many beautiful sunsets in which the characters move against the sun's backdrop. The first five episodes have confusing jumps in characters and time, leaving many gaps to be filled in by the last episode. That episode finally introduces a wrinkle new to a western that features several strong women and the strong man who plays the Clint Eastwood role.
A supplemental interest for me was the inclusion in episodes two and three cameo appearances of Pennsylvania Mennonites heading west to settle. The name mentioned was Brubacher, though surprisingly, they were bringing a small amount of Turkey Red wheat, which historically didn't come from Pennsylvania. By 1890 I think most Mennonite men were clean-shaven; these men looked more like Amish. They also seemed uncomfortable in English, which would not have been the case.
This series could have been a good story if it had been half as long. It included too many irrelevant side stories (like the Mennonites). The final episode raises it to the rating I give it.