Heat will always be my favoured Michael Mann film,but this is a very close second. A film version of James Fenimore Cooper's legendary novel,this is a rip-roaring adventure film that completely encapsulates the look and feel of 1750's America.
Daniel Day-Lewis is the hero of the piece in a role he was born to play. Rugged,handsome and with a heart as big as a lion,his character "Hawkeye" is the epitome of a frontier settler. Cooper's book has some liberties taken in order to establish a romantic entanglement for Hawkeye and a lovely looking Madeleine Stowe who again shines as a strong-willed English lady.
A thrilling and very authentic looking period piece,Mann recreates the French and Indian War's savagery with some…

Someday I think you and I are going to have a serious disagreement.
-Hawkeye

I have no idea why it took me 20 years to finally see this movie. I'm a fan of Daniel Day-Lewis and Michael Mann directed one of my favorite films (Heat). Needless to say I greatly enjoyed this.

Is this movie historically accurate? Don't know, don't care. It's a film, not a documentary. The only thing I know is that I was greatly entertained for the duration of the film, and it has one of the most satisfying endings I've ever seen. The reason isn't because the ending is surprising, quite the opposite, but the surprising thing is the characters involved in the finale. Was expecting…

Made during Mann's better film-making period and on a high budget, I was entirely expecting this to be a thoroughly engrossing epic. While it is certainly interesting to see a director do something completely different from their usual output, I can't help but be rather disappointed by The Last of the Mohicans. The attention to detail as far as props, costumes and make-up is concerned, as well as the vast wide angle shots, are very impressive and a feast for the eye, but given Mann's excellent capabalities for aesthetics that was to be expected. Day-Lewis is a joy to watch as an action hero and the rest of the cast do a serviceable job, but something is missing in this…

Part of my Michael Mann Marathon.

I watched a few Michael Mann movies and decided to go through them all. This has long been one of my wife's favorite films, and I don't remember ever watching it. Ironically it does not feel like a Michael Mann movie at all.

He co-wrote the script, so when I began to wonder if he was a hired hand by a studio I began to doubt that - I assume he must have had a more vested interest than shooting for a paycheck. Maybe he was trying to explore a different genre, keeping in line with the standards of that genre. When I think directors like Ang Lee, Danny Boyle, or even Stanley Kubrick…

Made during Mann's better film-making period and on a high budget, I was entirely expecting this to be a thoroughly engrossing epic. While it is certainly interesting to see a director do something completely different from their usual output, I can't help but be rather disappointed by The Last of the Mohicans. The attention to detail as far as props, costumes and make-up is concerned, as well as the vast wide angle shots, are very impressive and a feast for the eye, but given Mann's excellent capabalities for aesthetics that was to be expected. Day-Lewis is a joy to watch as an action hero and the rest of the cast do a serviceable job, but something is missing in this…

An action/romance/drama film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, and a movie Tetramoose and I were really underwhelmed by. This film had a few lures to it, one that I've simply heard good things about it, two what many consider a memorable performance from Daniel Day-Lewis, and three a director with some well known and positively received films under his belt. All of these lures amounted to nothing special unfortunately. Of course this film has its strengths and I wont neglect mentioning them.

This film has some beautiful locations in it, and the camerawork is pretty good. There's some impressive battle choreography, and the effects blend seamlessly into the sets. Most aspects of this film are executed efficiently and that's really the highest…

An awesome film that blends action and dramA The Last Of The Mohicans is a one of a kind film. The film focuses on three trappers that protect a British Colonel's two daughters during the French and Indian wars.
A flawless epic, The Last Of The Mohicans is a superbly crafted film based on James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel of the same name. Having read the book, I much preferred this adaptation over the book. This version directed by Michael Mann has the essence of the book, but with more action. Mann's directing is as usual stunning, and the way he makes his films is why he's one of my favorite directors. Here he tells Cooper's story with a breath…

I think this is the first time I’ve seen the film since it was in the theater. I didn’t have much memory of it and after watching again I kinda see why. It’s a good, solid movie, but it doesn’t have all that much to distinguish it. The filmmaking is only occasionally as inspired as Mann’s can be (though those moments are awfully damn good). Daniel Day-Lewis’s performance is frankly a little weird. I mean, I think that’s maybe the source of the brilliance in his body of work -– the wholly original, off-kilter nature of it –- but here it doesn’t quite play for me.

The film as a whole feels very “Hollywood important” in a way that none…