The Last of the Mohicans
Director's Expanded Edition
An epic adventure and passionate romance unfold against the panorama of a frontier wilderness ravaged by war. Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor in 1989 for My Left Foot) stars as Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans, and Madeleine Stowe is Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a proud British Colonel. Their love, tested by fate, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies that engulfs the majestic mountains and cathedral-like forests of Colonial America. Based on the American literary classic by James Fenimore Cooper, The Last Of The Mohicans is "a spellbindingly beautiful old-fashioned epic." (Joel Siegel, Good Morning America)
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One of Mann's best - Ziegler
Positive: Excellent movie with great action and battle scenes and an excellent soundtrack. great acting by the entire cast. The guy who played Moghwa stands out as the villain but with a cause.
Negative: Well the movie can plod along and the plot is nothing interesting.
Conclusion: One of Mann's best and this was his breakthrough movie. An exellent adaptation of the book.5 stars - Torsty
It has everything you want. Action, romance, history, gorgeous cinematography, a good script, good characters and a stunning soundtrack.
Based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans is an adventure/romance set during the French and Indian Wars fought by Britain for control of North America.
It follows a white orphan Hawkeye (Daniel Day Lewis), his adopted Mohican father Chingachgook (Russell Means) and brother Uncas (Eric Schweig), as they try to save the daughters, Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and Alice (Johdi May), of a British colonel.
Out to kill the women, and anyone else who happens to stands in the way of his tomahawk, is Colonel Munro's sworn enemy Magua (Wes Studi), a Huron indian.
Tagging along as well is Major Duncan Heyward (Steven Waddington), a very British model of a modern major-general, who fancies Cora and is not happy when she takes a shine to Hawkeye.
Skillfully mixing character conflict with actual events and imposing them on to some breathtaking scenery, The Last of the Mohicans is a historical drama without par.
Set some 20 years before the American Revolution, The Last of the Mohicans is as excellent as The Patriot was ordinary.
The transfer is bordering on superb, with rich colour and good detail in shadows, although it does have a few minor blemishes like some grain and shimmering. Still, if you've suffered through the VHS version you'll be looking at this as if it had dropped out of cinema heaven.
The battlescenes make terrific use of the surround-sound system and, together with the splendid imagery, will plonk right into the middle of the action.One of the Best - FieroGT
Daniel Day-Lewis is at his best here This is an Epic film destined for the Classic banner. The story is a retelling of another movie of the same name but is not. I cannot imagine how they got some of the shots they did and the locations they used were spectacular to say the least. I have watched this movie a few times and still find myself glued to the screen as the adventure unfolds This is a ten star movie and one of my favorite films and this version with it's extra running time has added another dimension to it for me
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One of Mann's best - Ziegler
Positive: Excellent movie with great action and battle scenes and an excellent soundtrack. great acting by the entire cast. The guy who played Moghwa stands out as the villain but with a cause.
Negative: Well the movie can plod along and the plot is ...5 stars - Torsty
It has everything you want. Action, romance, history, gorgeous cinematography, a good script, good characters and a stunning soundtrack.
Based on the book by James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans is an adventure/romance set during the French ...One of the Best - FieroGT
Daniel Day-Lewis is at his best here This is an Epic film destined for the Classic banner. The story is a retelling of another movie of the same name but is not. I cannot imagine how they got some of the shots they did and the locations they used were spectacular ...