The Netflix series is inspired by a real-life double murder that occurred in Sweden in 2004 The Breakthrough follows a double murder that took 16 years to solve — much like a real-life incident that occurred in Sweden in 2004.

The series, now streaming on Netflix, depicts the brutality with which the Mormons sought to create a new world for their beliefs, the pride with which the native people held onto their ancestral lands, and the tragedy of the people just seeking to make a new home in the chaos. But is any of it true?

There have been some high-profile new additions to Netflix in the last few weeks, including Squid Game season 2 and American Primeval, but hidden amongst the uploads is a new movie that Netflix hasn't been promoting very much.

The 19th-century American West of American Primeval is a land of unyielding brutality, though nothing about this six-part Netflix series, premiering Jan. 9, is as violent as Peter Berg’s belligerently over-the-top direction.

Netflix‘s new limited series American Primeval gives a startling look at the American West in the mid-1800s, when Native Americans came to deadly blows with Mormon soldiers, pioneers looking for a new life,

One week after dropping a new Harlan Coben Netflix show, Missing You, Netflix rolled out the most violent, graphic, and brutal show you'll watch this year, American Primeval from Mark L. Smith and directed by Peter Berg.