Texas Rising

Name: Texas Rising
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Released: May 25, 2015
Rating: 52

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History | The History Channel | Release Date: May 25, 2015

Summary: The beginnings of The Texas Rangers and General Sam Houston's (Bill Paxton) fight for independence from Mexico's rule by General Santa Anna (Olivier Martinez) are covered in the eight-hour miniseries.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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S1:E10. The Rise of the Republic: Part 2
Air Date: June 15, 2015
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S1:E9. The Rise of the Republic: Part 1
Air Date: June 15, 2015
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S1:E8. Vengeance Is Mine: Part 2
Air Date: June 8, 2015

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David Hinckley

May 26, 2015

Season 1 Review: There’s doubtless some dramatic license here. No matter. It’s a classic campfire story, from a land that truly was the Wild West. Read full review

Ray Rahman

May 26, 2015

Season 1 Review: The action is so saddled with laughable dialogue and dreadful pacing that not even Paxton's always entertaining scene-chewing can make this inherently interesting tale pop as it should. [29 May/5 Jun 2015, p.98]

Robert Rorke

May 26, 2015

Season 1 Review: Texas Rising doesn’t have the urgency of “Hatfields vs. McCoys,” but Texas enthusiasts will enjoy the blow-by-blow reenactments of a crucial period in American history. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

May 8, 2015

Season 1 Review: By the end of Chapter Two, many viewers might well be in the mood to detour elsewhere rather than follow Houston’s plea to “follow me a little longer down this twisted, bloody road.” Read full review

Ken Tucker

May 26, 2015

Season 1 Review: As directed by Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields), Rising has some entertaining shoot-‘em-ups and showdowns, but Joffe is hobbled by the script, which forces him to cut away from Houston to give equal weight to Olivier Martinez’s Santa Anna, the leader of the Mexican army and president of the country, and the subject of some of Rising’s most tedious storytelling. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

May 22, 2015

Season 1 Review: The result is just a disjointed collection of clichés, often staged with the clumsiness of bad community theater. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

May 26, 2015

Season 1 Review: The overall plotting is as disjointed as it is clichéd. Read full review

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ThomasR

Aug 17, 2020

I thought it was surprisingly good! I figured in this day and age that it would be a woke mess, but it actually was fairly historically accurate and fair to all sides, while also showing the brutality that all sides were capable of, whether showing the ruthlessness of the take no prisonersI thought it was surprisingly good! I figured in this day and age that it would be a woke mess, but it actually was fairly historically accurate and fair to all sides, while also showing the brutality that all sides were capable of, whether showing the ruthlessness of the take no prisoners policy of Santa Ana and his military, the slaughter of the mexican soldiers by some of the Texicans, after they had surrendered after the battle of San Jacinto, or the brutality of the Comnche as they were trying to drive the Texicans from what they saw as the invasion of their land. Good acting, good action, and good character development, over all.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 25, 2015
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  S1:E10. The Rise of the Republic: Part 2
  Air Date: June 15, 2015
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  S1:E9. The Rise of the Republic: Part 1
  Air Date: June 15, 2015
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  S1:E8. Vengeance Is Mine: Part 2
  Air Date: June 8, 2015
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  S1:E7. Vengeance Is Mine: Part 1
  Air Date: June 8, 2015
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  S1:E6. Blood for Blood: Part 2
  Air Date: June 1, 2015
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  S1:E5. The Rise of the Republic
  Air Date: June 15, 2015
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  S1:E5. Blood for Blood: Part 1
  Air Date: June 1, 2015
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  S1:E4. Vengeance Is Mine
  Air Date: June 8, 2015
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  S1:E4. Fate and Fury: Part 2
  Air Date: May 26, 2015
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  S1:E3. Blood for Blood
  Air Date: June 1, 2015
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  S1:E3. Fate and Fury: Part 1
  Air Date: May 26, 2015
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  S1:E2. Fate and Fury
  Air Date: May 26, 2015
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  S1:E2. From the Ashes: Part 2
  Air Date: May 25, 2015
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  S1:E1. From the Ashes
  Air Date: May 25, 2015
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  S1:E1. From the Ashes: Part 1
  Air Date: May 25, 2015