'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 surprise this opening installment is a lot of fun. For a film of such a length, it absolutely flies by; this felt like a 2hr, max, movie to me.

My main praise for this film is directed at the pacing (evidently), the visuals and the score - the latter is particularly outstanding. I will say there... read the rest.