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- 2014
- TV-14
- Sundance Channel
- 2014
- TV-14
- Sundance Channel
- 2014
- TV-14
- Sundance Channel
- 2014
- TV-14
- Sundance Channel
The Red Road
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 27, 2014
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8.8
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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58% Positive
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42% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
58% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
42% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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It’s the kind of show that sits with you long after it’s over.
While The Red Road is not quite in the same league as "True Detective" or "Broadchurch," it is better than most, and it succeeds at drawing dramatic tension not from lots of plot-twist fireworks, but from the long-simmering resentments, private shames and historical injustices embedded in a community few viewers are familiar with.
A six-part saga awash in fashionable gloom, set in the mountains of New Jersey, and much of the time a compelling one in its picture of the tensions between the Van Der Veens, members of an Indian tribe, and the blue-collar Jensens, headed by Harold (Martin Henderson), a police officer.
The Red Road may not be SundanceTV's strongest drama, but it has a hypnotic power, a strange rhythm of dread that makes it far more interesting than most network dramas.
While certainly not bad, the series would be better if it came with fewer built-in speed bumps, and a little more narrative momentum.
It’s exciting to watch Momoa and Henderson give riveting performances, so it’s not like there’s nothing to recommend here. It’s just that in watching them do it, you wish the story was giving them more fodder and not bogging itself down in side arcs.
A lugubrious six-episode drama that's as overwrought as it is underwhelming.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 43 User Ratings
8.8
95% Positive
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 43 User Ratings
8.8
95% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
5% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company:
- Fair Harbor Productions
Initial Release Date: Feb 27, 2014
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
