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American Primeval (2025)

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American Primeval

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Severe
  • Profanity:
    Moderate
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Severe

Sex & Nudity

Mild
98 of 226 found this mild
Male buttocks are visible while dressing in first episode. Located at the 12min 15 second mark.
There is a scene where a man and women kiss, nothing else happens as they are stopped.
There is an attempted incest/rape in the first episode by a drunk father. The scene is cutoff, but last 20 seconds and paints an image that this is a regular occurrence. Could be disturbing to some viewers.
Many refers to women being used as sex slaves, tortured by natives, and other sexual implications.
A woman is forcibly taken into a tent for rape. The sex is not shown. She weeps after.

Violence & Gore

Severe
119 of 153 found this severe
Lots of brutal violence: stabings, slashing necks, scalping, arrows piercing, gun shoots killings, axes killings in almost every episode. The violence is graphic.
In the first episode a man is scalped during a raid. This is extremely bloody and graphic.
Camera shows a woman being shot in the head with an arrow while she is talking with settlers.
A man smashes a rock into a another mans head and then proceeds to drown the man in a river.
In the first episode a man is seen having bullet shells removed from this back this is barely visible but there is quite a bit of blood.
In the first episode a man is shot in the stomach there is a spatter of blood but is overall relatively tame.
A wolf attacks, children, and injuries, a girl. No one dies.

Profanity

Moderate
36 of 97 found this moderate

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
63 of 104 found this mild
The lead character has a small pouch of, "Medicine" that he periodically consumes. It is unclear what the substance is.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Severe
72 of 100 found this severe
Throughout the series there are many intense depictions of life in the wild west. This includes, murder, talks of assaulting women, children being left alone to die.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 16
  • Australia
    • MA15+
  • Canada
    • TV-MA
  • Germany
    • 16
  • Netherlands
    • 16
  • Norway
    • 16Netflix rating
  • Singapore
    • R21
  • Spain
    • 16
  • Taiwan
    • 16+self-applied
  • United Kingdom
    • 18
  • United States
    • TV-MA

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