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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
movie·R·Jun 28, 2024·
Box OfficeFlop · 0.8x
$50M
Budget
$38.7M
Gross
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
movie
R
June 28, 2024
Wokeometer Rating
3Based
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke
TL;DR Verdict
Horizon delivers a classic Western epic of frontier settlement and survival without identity politics or social messaging, making it safe neutral entertainment at a low 3/10 woke score.
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Detailed Analysis
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is a traditional epic Western centered on 1859-1863 frontier settlement in Arizona and Wyoming territories, following white settlers establishing the town of Horizon, an Apache raid on the settlement, survivors' journeys, and a separate subplot of a cowboy (Kevin Costner as Hayes Ellison) on the run with a woman and child after a killing.
The core premise revolves around Manifest Destiny, land disputes, and personal survival stories without identity politics or systemic oppression narratives as the foundation. Casting features Costner, Sienna Miller as widowed settler Frances Kittredge, Sam Worthington as Lt. Trent Gephardt, and other established actors in lead roles, with Native American performers like Owen Crow Shoe as warrior Pionsenay and Tatanka Means as Taklishim in supporting Apache roles that align with the historical setting rather than any swaps of pre-existing characters.
Key Factors
- Traditional Western premise focused on settler expansion, Apache conflicts shown from multiple angles, and personal dramas with no central DEI or identity politics framing
- Creator Kevin Costner explicitly rejects 'spoon-feeding' audiences or delicate modern sensitivities, emphasizing historical nuance and humanity on both sides as in his prior work Dances with Wolves, while prioritizing a white-protagonist viewpoint
- Reception highlights its old-fashioned, patriotic frontier epic style with incidental background diversity (e.g., mentions of Chinese and Black settlers) that does not drive plot or characters; progressive critics fault it for retrograde elements rather than celebrating messaging
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Is Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 Woke?
We've run a full content analysis on Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 and scored it 3/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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What kind of woke content is in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1?
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