AMC seeks to rectify that, awkwardly, with its new show "The Son," an adaptation of Philipp Meyer's bestselling novel that feels like a one-trick pony -- most notable for a slightly miscast Pierce Brosnan riding back onto TV in the central role. A replacement for Sam Neill, who dropped out of the project, Brosnan plays Eli McCullough, the grizzled patriarch of a grand Texas family in 1915. "The Son" oscillates between two timeframes, beginning with Eli's abduction by the Comanche as a teenager in 1849. (Yes, do the math, and Brosnan, who looks plenty good for a guy in his early 60s, is distractingly supposed to be nearly 80.) The young Eli is subjected to all manner of abuse, but also taken under the wing of an older warrior ("Fargo's" Zahn McClarnon), who somewhat cryptically teaches him the ways of survival.

Source: CNN April 07, 2017 20:48 UTC