WATCH: New 'The Knick' TV Series Trailer Shows Off Clive Owen's Determination And Knife [VIDEO]

Cinemax's new forthcoming 2014 television series The Knick looks dark, gritty, and very bloody. Starring Clive Owen, the start of the modern medicine can also be described by those words - and Cinemax is about to show us why.

"We, mankind, have progressed so far," Owen's voice states over progressing shots of dark alleys and bright operating rooms. "We live in a time of endless possibilities; from such humble beginnings with the astonishing modern world in which we now live. More has been learned about the treatment of the human body in the last five years than learned in the previous five hundred."

Viewers watching this trailer start to understand by the tone of voice and the imagery shown under the monologue that The Knick is going to be a wild ride.

"I will not stop pushing forward into a hopeful future. And with every blow I land, every extra year I give to a patient - I know that at the very least something has been won," the series' star says in a disparaging voice over some crazy scenes.

Watch the trailer here:

Here is the synopsis for The Knick:

Set in downtown New York in 1900, The Knick centers on Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff, who push the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. The ensemble cast of series regulars for The Knick includes [Clive Owen] Andre Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson, Michael Angarano, Chris Sullivan, Cara Seymour, Eric Johnson, David Fierro, Maya Kazan, Grainger Hines and Leon Addison Brown.