When I tell you that I was thoroughly riveted by Broken Trail, you need some context in which to understand this. This is a made-for-cable movie, and though once in a rare while the publicity machine for such a flick will host a press preview on a big screen, much more typically, getting the movie in front of critics involves sending out a DVD. And that was the case with Broken Trail. (The two-part, four-hour miniseries airs starting tonight at 8pm Eastern on AMC, rerunning tomorrow at 6pm before the debut of Part II at 8pm; it reruns in its entirety several times in July and, I would imagine, in perpetuity until; the end of the universe; check amctv.com for details.)

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