Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 - Reviews

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

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

An absorbing ride into the Old West from Kevin Costner.

...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.

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

Whether this American Saga ends up pulling off its epic Western aims will all rely on the forthcoming chapters.

...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.

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.

Västernsatsning med potential – för dig som gillar förspel mer än crescendo

Pampigt och storslaget västernepos.

Kevin Costners første kapitel i hans ambitiøse ’Horizon’-saga funkler i de bedste øjeblikke som en guldalderwestern...