Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

...nothing on screen is mythologized as compellingly as Costner’s own blood, sweat, and tears – the sense of manifest destiny implicit in his efforts to explore how the West was won on such a sprawling canvas.

...a satisfying momentum builds through the multiple, interlinked storylines.

Perhaps its full grandeur won’t be apparent until these tales are completed in part two. But there’s more than enough grandeur here to be getting on with.

As with any strong Western, Horizon’s boundless landscapes are used as tools of an existential, triggering reflection on so many levels...

It instinctively feels that there should be an audience for an old-fashioned tale of warring settlers and Native Americans...

...presents itself as an all-out cinematic experience that tells a story so classically cinematic, it's hard not to admire the results while waiting to see what's next.