If you love the cutthroat, land-grabbing power struggles and sweeping vistas of Yellowstone but have been dying to sink your teeth into a deeper, far more massive historical epic, a near-perfect masterpiece is waiting to completely redefine your concept of the Western. Moving away from modern Montana cattle ranching, this gritty, old-school cinematic powerhouse drops viewers directly into the lawless, mud-soaked chaos of the post-Civil War American frontier. The narrative tracks a cold, deeply broken former Confederate soldier who heads west on a relentless mission of blood-soaked vengeance against the Union troops who destroyed his family, only to find himself working as the foreman for the furious, historic expansion of the transcontinental railroad.
Taylor Sheridan’s flagship neo-Western Yellowstone helped repopularize the Western genre in television for the streaming age. The modern-day setting, combined with a heavy dose of scenic Western vistas, helped make the Western aesthetic accessible for a new generation of viewers, resulting in Yellowstone‘s unprecedented popularity. The expanding Yellowstone universe now includes spinoffs and sequels, but its scope pales in comparison to a … Read more