Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

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2024

3h 2m

English

Drama, Western

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Follow the story of how the Old West was won—and lost—through the blood, sweat and tears of many. Spanning 15 years before, during and following the Civil War from 1859 to 1874, embark on an emotional journey across a country at war with itself, experienced through the l...

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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

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2024

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Cast

Hayes Ellison

Frances Kittredge

Trent Gephart

"Ellen" Harvey

Marigold

Sgt. Major Riordan

Col. Albert Houghton

Matthew Van Weyden

Juliette Chesney

Taklishim

Pionsenay

Tracker

Hugh Proctor

Caleb Sykes

Walt

Elizabeth Kittredge

Pickering

Owen Kittredge

Diamond

Mr. Hong

James Kittredge

Chisholm

Elias Janney

Sig

Neron Chavez

Directed By: Kevin Costner

Written By: Kevin Costner (Story), Mark Kasdan (Story)

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jared says...

5 months ago

I'm surprised this is getting such bad reviews. It looks amazing (cinematography, sets, costumes). It feels very real. The acting was great. There are a ton of interesting and very distinct characters. The action scenes were great and had a few surprises. The story was a bit meandering without really a main line, but it almost feels like a bunch of small portraits of parts of the west, strung together in a way that kept the pace up. It felt an hour less than it actually was. It alternated between very serious issues and much more lighthearted elements quickly and smoothly. Overall had a great time. It was ambitious (and apparently divisive)

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Nachito1233 says...

4 months ago

In my opinion it was a good Western. It doesn't live directly on the background of the characters it is more a story that is told how white settlers stole the west from the native Americans. How promises about fertile land were made and it was stolen from the owners. The brutality and hard life in these days is shown in a way and let's you think about how it must have been living in these days and how privileged most of us are today. Those were tough days and that is it what the movie shows really good. So definitely worth a watch. But please do not expect a great story and a detailed character development. The movie is more like an interesting history lesson and it shows you how the people lived and what they struggled with. I can't wait to watch the other chapters.

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jarvis-2856880 says...

5 months ago

Should be called horizon: An American Genocide. How the West was won and lost is just another entertainment movie about genocide of native lands and people. The story is one we all watch live on our news today except the weapons are more efficient. Contemporary American cinema have learnt little. The characters, acting, cinematography, music and storyline are just another weak repetition of this era. The portrayal of their colonising psyche and brutality of their manifest destiny is weak to say the least. This movie is just another Kevin Costner self indulgence.

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hgram says...

5 months ago

>"We'll muddle through while they decide things back home. And when they do, when that war ends—because it will end, whether with one nation or two—they'll all start looking west again, sir. And then these open spaces you mentioned—well, sir, they'll all close up in the blink of an eye." Just saw "Princess Mononoke* for the first time the other day and there's a surprising amount of parallels here. No person or group is purely good or evil. The real enemy is anger and hate. Can we learn to coexist? Ending montage was bizarre.

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tvwatcherdenver

7/10 5 months ago

As with all Costner western passion projects, this is much better than others let on. People talk about the rotation of characters in the beginning and how their story wasn't built up, but the first third of the movie is just that, building up the characters and setting in the past for the present More

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daybreak1012

6/10 6 months ago

Here's the thing: with little to no backstory for any of these characters, it makes it extremely challenging to actually care about any of them. And if I can't care about them, I can't get invested in the outcome. I spent so much time trying to figure out who these people were and when these people More

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Ash9001

7/10 6 months ago

Kevin Costner returns to the genre in which he has long held legendary status, and it seemed he had exhausted the topic, but it turns out he still has much to say... because this is just the first three-hour part of four.

The film is good, but... Firstly, it feels completely out of date. This is More

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r96sk

9/10 6 months ago

'Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1' surpassed my expectations!

A three-hour western, which is only the first of many connected entries? Yeah, that doesn't exactly set the pulses racing! Based on that, I was anticipating it to be a slow-moving set-up to future chapters. However, to my surpri More

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