Michael John Petty is a Senior Author for Collider who writes mostly about Westerns but also loves superheroes and supernatural thrillers.
The Big Picture There's been nothing quite like Kevin Costner's ambitious serialized Western epic, Horizon: An American Saga, which is set to be a four-part narrative spanning across decades in the late 1800s. As Costner recounts the experiences of those who pioneered Westward and the dangers and the struggles they encountered, Chapter 1 gave us a particularly intense look at those very hazards first-hand.
Only a few survive the carnage and bloodshed caused by the Apache, led by the young and restless Pionsenay , including Frances Kittredge and her daughter Elizabeth , who survive only by essentially burying themselves alive. From the get-go, Horizon sets its stark tone with the deaths of another family who tried to lay claim to the valley, but it's this attack, the Apache versus the people of Horizon, that really solidifies the sort of Western this will be.
'Horizon' Doesn't Shy Away From the Harshness of Westward Expansion Of course, many modern takes on the Western have grown increasingly violent in their attempts for historical accuracy, and maybe rightfully so. 2017's Hostiles instantly comes to mind, which makes no apologies for the bloody and often graphic violence on both sides.
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