Should you watch Hell on Wheels?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Hell on Wheels
Series · 2011
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
The sides of Hell on Wheels
- A Confederate veteran hunting his wife's killers
- A rough town that moves with the railroad
- The race to build the first transcontinental line
Hell on Wheels is good for you if…
- you like the building of the first railroad across America after the Civil War.
- you like following Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate driven by revenge.
- you like railroad money, bribes and men fighting over who controls the line.
Hell on Wheels is bad for you if…
- you can't stand hangings, gunfights and brutal frontier violence.
- five seasons of a western is too much for you.
About: revenge · redemption · ambition · race
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