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The Last of the Mohicans

R Released Sep 25, 1992 1h 54m History Drama Adventure War Romance List
88% Tomatometer 127 Reviews 88% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings
The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans -- Uncas (Eric Schweig), his father Chingachgook (Russell Means), and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) -- live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters (Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May) of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of which they wanted no part: the French and Indian War. Read More Read Less
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The Last of the Mohicans is a breathless romantic adventure that plays loose with James Fenimore Cooper's novel -- and comes out with a richer action movie for it.

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Catherine Dunphy Toronto Star Anchored by a performance of almost Zen-like calm and focus by a lithe Daniel Day-Lewis and another of muted but fierce intensity by Madeleine Stowe, it is nothing less than a cinematic second coming. Dec 15, 2023 Full Review Alexander Walker London Evening Standard A film that restores to the screen what it used to do best: grandeur of scale, intimacy of people, generosity of emotion, a subtext of saga and legend. Oh hell, what’s the word for it? Yes, “epic.” Dec 15, 2023 Full Review Eleanor Ringel Cater Atlanta Journal-Constitution In a sense, Mr. Mann has returned to the very roots of motion pictures. With its tumultuous flow of music and images, “Mohicans” is like a long-lost something from the era of silent movies. Dec 15, 2023 Full Review Terry Lawson Dayton Daily News The rest of us can revel in what is certainly the best historically minded Hollywood movie since Glory, one that respects the intelligence of its story, its characters and its audience. Rated: 4/4 Dec 15, 2023 Full Review Arion Berger L.A. Weekly As an amoral and anti-political period piece, deeply invested in the futility of war, the movie's brute splendor is all the more moving because it's so extravagantly doomed. Dec 15, 2023 Full Review Hal Lipper Tampa Bay Times The Last of the Mohicans is grand entertainment. Romantic, exciting, though unremittingly violent at times, it is rich in frontier lore and in its respect for the land that conquering settlers too often take for granted. Rated: 4/5 Dec 15, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Niccolo L Epic cinematography combined with a beautiful musical score helped create this masterpiece. The acting is beyond brilliant & the performances of Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeline Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, & others are brilliant. Worth watching again & again... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review Lanfranco C From a great novel of adventure, love and duty a movie that could have been better. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/19/24 Full Review Marcus B My absolute most favorite movie. The cinematography, the acting, the sets, and the action scenes all feel authentic with genuine stakes. The scene with Cora arguing with her father and Duncan is pure acting gold. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/14/24 Full Review Jack G Outstanding cinematography but sometimes the acting was not up to par Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review Grant R An uninspired confusing mess of a movie. If I had to summarize it the it was two, badly choreographed fight scenes with a siege in the middle. Oh yeah and there was that whole ending thing with tones of people falling off cliffs that was meant to be dramatic but was actually vaguely comical. You know it's bad when the one from the 1920s was more entertaining Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Jacob B Not as amazing as some make it out to be with characters lacking development and the love story that wasn't in the original being a bit intrusive. The fact that this is Michael Mann's most well-known film in certain circles probably contributes further to my feelings of hype backlash. Of course, while I haven't seen enough of his films for me to have much of an opinion on him, it doesn't change the fact that this film stands out primarily because of how disconnected it feels from the rest of his filmography. Mann is mostly known for crime dramas and while he has branched out to other genres, this film feels the most like an oddball due to its historical fiction roots when even the period pieces in Mann's filmography don't go any farther back than the 20th century and also, on a minor note, is Mann's only film to have a title that has more than two words, some made-for-TV prison drama called The Jericho Mile notwithstanding. But that's not to say The Last of the Mohicans is bad. Far from it. The actors deliver strong performances, the score is amazing, the cinematography is sharp and crystal-clear, the action's decent though I've seen better choreography of this type of action in The Patriot and the third act is where the film truly redeems itself. The climax is powerful filmmaking with the music that had me thinking "oh, so this is where that music's from" all culminating in a tearjerking, bittersweet final scene. And the "Promentory" scene is done without any dialogue. I was hoping I would The Last of the Mohicans more than I did given how it seems to be the only Michael Mann film in my social circles that people have actually seen or heard of but I certainly didn't hate the film, though I do understand why Mann might have never made a film like this again, regardless of his thoughts on the finished film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans -- Uncas (Eric Schweig), his father Chingachgook (Russell Means), and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) -- live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters (Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May) of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of which they wanted no part: the French and Indian War.
Director
Michael Mann
Producer
Michael Mann, Hunt Lowry
Screenwriter
James Fenimore Cooper, John L. Balderston, Paul Perez, Philip Dunne, Michael Gutmann, Michael Mann, Christopher Crowe
Distributor
20th Century Fox, Fox
Production Co
Morgan Creek Productions
Rating
R
Genre
History, Drama, Adventure, War, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 25, 1992, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$72.2M
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Surround
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