Padraig is a Senior Features Writer who has been with Screen Rant since 2017. His areas of expertise include the horror, action and Western genres.
Summary Kevin Costner has been responsible for some true Western classics, although not every one of his Westerns has been a hit. Westerns in general used to be one of the most popular movie genres, but around the '60s, their popularity started to wane. Audiences and filmmakers started to feel Westerns were too old-fashioned, though Clint Eastwood's Dollars trilogy and the Spaghetti Westerns they inspired gave the genre a shot in the arm.
Wyatt Earp, on the other hand, is a dour, overly-earnest epic that is surprisingly sluggish considering the cast and crew behind it. Costner is a highlight in the title role, but the movie has been largely forgotten for a reason. With a three-hour-plus runtime and plenty of boring stretches, Wyatt Earp's focus on the lawman's entire life as opposed to the key events through which he lived turned out to be a mistake.
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 releases on Friday, August 16th, 2024, just six weeks after Chapter 1 first hit theaters. Let Him Go flew under the radar as far as the box office was concerned, although given its modest budget, it's clear that a huge return was never the intent or expectation. The movie was particularly well-received by critics and audiences alike, with much of the praise going to the stellar performances of Costner and Lane. The taut, well-paced story plays out in under two hours, which is unusual for a Costner Western, but certainly works in the film's favor.
Costner was a relative unknown at the time it was released, so he isn't in a leading man role in Silverado. He's part of the larger ensemble, and his character Jake is actually the wild card of the group. Costner plays him that way, as in place of the Academy Award winner's typically reserved delivery and presence is a gleeful, borderline silly gunslinger. It's an extremely fun departure from the norm that would later be established by Costner's more serious Westerns.
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