The Last of the Mohicans
In 18th century North America during the French and Indian War, a white man adopted by the last members of a dying tribe called the Mohicans unwittingly becomes the protector of the two daughters of a British colonel, who have been targeted by Magua, a sadistic and vengeful Huron warrior who has dedicated his life to destroying the girls' father for a past injustice.
17 December 1947, Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
30 May 1953, Dublin, Ireland
27 April 1966, San Diego, California, USA
2 November 1944, Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France
6 June 1929, Rosalia, Washington, USA
10 November 1939, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, USA
26 July 1959, Belmar, New Jersey, USA
January 18, 2014
I found certain elements to be brilliant and others to be rather flat.
January 01, 2011
Violent historical drama. Not for young kids.
January 01, 2000
Mann wasn't thinking story, he was thinking scheme. Keep the eyes and ears dazzled, he reasons, and the substance will follow.
June 17, 2009
Positively sprints through its narrative, achieving the adventuresome spirit so hopelessly absent from Cooper's clumsy and simple novel.
January 01, 2000
He conceives of the story as if it were a gigantic piece of mood music.
January 01, 2000
...not as authentic and uncompromised as it claims to be - more of a matinee fantasy than it wants to admit - but it is probably more entertaining as a result.
January 01, 2000
...big, bold, and gloriously sweeping.
January 01, 2000
Painstakingly, breathtakingly re-created by director Michael Mann, this landscape makes room for heroes with principles greater than the circumference of their biceps.
March 29, 2011
It nicely blends together action, romance and history.
August 03, 2004
Has a grim, but overwhelming emotional effect.
May 12, 2001
...the action is richly detailed and thrillingly staged.
May 15, 2010
Though set twenty years before the declaration of independence, [director Michael] Mann offers a portrait of a country and a people who have already redefined themselves.
