Actor Defends Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ After Epic Box Office Flop

Kevin Costner’s self-financed passion project Horizon hasn’t been doing so well at the box office—and his costar Michael Rooker has a theory about why.

TMZ caught up with the Rooker this week, who told the site that audiences aren’t “used” to “real cinema” anymore. “We’re used to 90 minute movies. Everything’s 90 minutes,” Rooker said. “We ain’t used to that shit.”

Horizon will have three more installments and Costner is reportedly still moving ahead with the rest, undaunted by the first film’s lackluster ability to attract moviegoers. Rooker said he finds it “crazy” that people aren’t clamoring to see the film by Costner, who he called a “brilliant” director. “It’s real cinema folks,” he also told TMZ. “Let’s watch a movie that actually tells a story where you learn about the people and you grow to like them or hate them.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.