For Hell on Wheels, AMC’s ambitious Western, there’s a lot of trouble to deal with right from the start — present, past and future.In the present, the pilot isn’t very good. It’s flat ...

Hell on Wheels also features two powerhouse actors who, in every episode, enter the story as if through a side door and then take it over. One is Studi as Chief Many Horses, ...

Hell on Wheels was met with (mostly) rave reviews throughout its run. Overall, the series boasts scores of 73% and 89% from ...

Hell on Wheels AMC, Sun. Nov. 6, 10 p.m. Production: Filmed in Alberta by Entertainment One, Nomadic Pictures and Endemol USA. Executive producers, Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton, John Shiban ...

Early in the new Western drama “Hell on Wheels,” which debuts Sunday night at 10 on AMC, railroad magnate Thomas “Doc” Durant gives a flowery speech to potential investors about how the ...

Hell on Wheels needs more narrative snap and might benefit from better cinematography, and I wouldn’t mind seeing a couple of minor characters that take up too much of the plot dropped.

The series is set post-Civil War and centers on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Early on, the producers started calling Hell on Wheels an "Eastern" instead of a Western because it ...