Review of "The
Son" 4/16/17 by
Suzanne
Airs Sundays 9/8c on AMC
This is like an old western mini-series, but it's very
violent and has a lot of psychological angst as well, thrown
in with some good history.
Eli (Pierce Brosnan) is a
Texas cattle baron in the early 20th century; he's the
patriarch of a family that's about to lose everything. He
hopes to drill for oil. However, Eli is really messed
up because of his tragic childhood, and he and the others
deal with problems outside of the law. A lot of their
problems have to do with Mexicans who want their land back
because of turmoil in Mexico.
Eli's son, Pete (Henry
Garrett) doesn't like his father's violent ways and tries to
change, but much like Michael in The Godfather, he keeps
getting pulled back into that life. He also doesn't think
they should drill for oil.
There are many other
characters, and we see flashbacks to how Eli was kidnapped
by the Indians and all of the horrors that he had to endure.
It's an interesting tale, based on a very
thoroughly-researched book. It's not really my kind of
show (although I usually do like a good Western). I love
Pierce Brosnan, but I'd rather see him as a good guy than as
this J.R. Ewing-wannabe.
If you love historical
westerns and don't mind violence, you'll probably enjoy
this.
MORE INFORMATION:
Based on
Philipp Meyer’s New York
Times best-selling and
Pulitzer Prize finalist
novel, “The Son” will air on
AMC and SundanceTV beginning
Saturday, April 8th
with a two-hour premiere at
9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Both
networks will air all
episodes from season one.
The ten-episode, one-hour
drama is a sweeping family
saga spanning 150 years and
three generations of the
McCullough family. The
series traces the
transformation of Eli
McCullough (Pierce Brosnan),
the charismatic family
patriarch, from good-natured
innocent to calculating
killer. He loses everything
on the wild frontier,
setting him on the path to
building a ranching-and-oil
dynasty of unsurpassed
wealth and privilege. Eli’s
eldest son Pete (Henry
Garrett), has grown up in
his father’s shadow and
struggles to make him proud
while forging his own
identity. Pete’s
strong-willed daughter,
Jeannie (Sydney Lucas)
idolizes her grandfather and
despite being raised in a
male-dominated world,
rejects her fate of existing
solely to marry and bear
children. Eli’s ruthlessness
pits him against his wealthy
Spanish neighbor, Pedro
Garcia (Carlos Bardem) and
his quest for power triggers
consequences that
span generations. Shared
through a series of
flashbacks, “The Son” pulls
viewers into the world of
young Eli McCullough (Jacob
Lofland) and his father
figure, Comanche war chief,
Toshaway (Zahn McClarnon)
and deftly explores the
McCullough’s rise to become
one the most powerful family
dynasties in Texas.
Produced by
AMC Studios and Sonar
Entertainment, “The Son” is
written and executive
produced by Meyer, Lee
Shipman, Brian McGreevy and
showrunner Kevin Murphy. Tom
Lesinski and Jenna
Santoianni also serve as
executive producers.
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