Neither waterworld nor horizon is the worst failure in Kevin Costner’s box office

We may think that the largest flop in Kevin Costner’s career is its recent Western horizon: the American saga, the first of which brought only the box office, but its budget was only 50 million. The film, which is holding us today, brought it up to 30 million, but was worth 80! Two feature films have another common point: their duration!

Costner has put all his heart

In 1997, Kevin Costner released an action-adventure film, which is not his most famous: Postman. The story takes place in a world where, in 2013, the American West has been transferred to itself after the war, which is deprived of itself. The survivors live in an isolated castle and under the Tyrannic General Bethlehem Pass. But one day, Vagabond’s arrival will change everything …

This vagabond obviously performs Costner and escapes from the Bethlehem army, teaches himself as a postman and hides in a small town. From lies to lies, it will convince the population that the US government has called its ashes and that nothing is lost. Without knowing this, it will give hope to the whole population and force them to resist.

When it came out in 1997, the film was quite criticized dancing with Costner, Waterworld and even wolves compared to the previous film. Indeed, a lonely life will be found in the city/society and gradually fights against oppression. A prominent criticism Roger Ebert Highlights, add: “It’s funny, yes, and pretentious. Kevin Costner puts himself in situations that make people laugh. It’s too long.” Alone Variety Protects the film, especially for its subject.

In the theaters, the failure of the postman is scat, not even covering half of the budget. For Kevin Costner, the failure is over and his career will be affected. The phone breaks the call and for the first time after it has become a star, it is not on the two -year -old screen.

How did he recover?

He has completed this forced absence for the project for the environment: a bottle in the sea as an involuntary symbol that, along with this film, Costner is also trying to return a possible professional return.

The actor will need years to look for aura in the 90’s. As often, during his career, he himself is the one who, thanks to his excellent open spectrum, distinguishes the difficulties, and who will give him a fair place of actor-performer, with which he needs to count.