The Last of the Mohicans

The second strongest, most honest and soulful historical romance after Braveheart. The music is absolutely brilliant, with a central motif that is used in every other trailer. Madeleine Stowe is fantastic, not so much with her acting, but with her facial expressions. Daniel Day Lewis is a great actor and watching him in one of his best roles is an experience. Michael Mann brilliantly combines a strong romantic storyline with the bloody clash between two powers of the time, in a whole that is smooth, compact, and cohesive. Dante Spinotti's cinematography is superb and Mann's aggressive and mature direction was clearly the right choice for this story. (05/29/2004)

After many years I enjoyed The Last of the Mohicans again, finally on Blu-ray and in the original version. And it is still an amazing film, what else can I say. Hawkeye, Chingachgook and Uncas are great heroes just as Magua is one of the best bad guys I've seen in a film. Mann's direction cuddles with the breathtaking scenery, he manages to build tension before the action and then draw you in perfectly, the romantic subplot doesn't get in the way at all because it simply belongs to such adventure stories. And then, of course, there's the riveting finale, which, thanks to Jones and Edelman's music, makes you feel like everything is at stake. As I’ve already said, amazing film. Probably not essential to the history of cinema, but amazing nonetheless. (03/20/2023)

The film as a whole creates a great whole, which works mainly based on elaborate shots that are beautifully connected to the action on the screen, the performances of the actors, and above all, the music. It is absolutely incredible. An amazing combination of different motifs. I knew that the soundtrack was good, I had already heard it, but when you put it into individual scenes, everything suddenly takes on a completely new meaning. Randy Edelman and Trevor Jones did an absolutely great job, and after a long time, I appreciated the beautiful musical accompaniment more in many scenes, which occasionally draws attention to itself, but I didn't feel that it was to the detriment of the film, but on the contrary. Thanks to the slow-motion shots and magnificent scenes, "The Last of the Mohicans" gains in intensity and attains a completely new level when watched. A beautiful combination of all the artistic crafts that contribute to the film. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/09/posledni-mohykan-1992-85.html (09/01/2013)

Cooper is a different category of writer than, for example, Karl May, whom I read when I was ten years old, and the films based on his novels can at best evoke a condescending smile from me. Nevertheless, he is still burdened with adventurous romance, which is closer to a different age category than the one I find myself in, and the same can be said of the film based on his source material. A classic scheme with a series of genre clichés, where you can already calculate in advance without knowing the book how everything will turn out and who will survive. On the other hand, The Last of the Mohicans is very well-made, so it doesn't offend me in any way, and even though it's not a genre that appeals to me, I have no problem giving it three stars. Overall impression: 60%. (02/09/2012)

Brilliant lemonade with everything that it encompasses – phenomenal music by Trevor Jones (the title motif is heroically arched like the stairs to Valhalla), beautiful exteriors, excellent actors, simply written characters, a very simple construct and a beautiful romantic component. Given that I don't like romantic storylines, Mann has masterfully brought his to the screen thanks to the sparks between Stowe and Lewis. The Last of the Mohicans may be surprisingly abbreviated and not very flowing, yet it is able to slow down at the right moment and conjure a beautiful shot and impressive slow-motion. Hollywood may have committed a crime against the book, but that sweet-hearted romance is exactly what I felt when I was a teenager reading “The Deer Hunter". A wonderful reminder of years gone by and at the same time a film that always gets to me each and every time. And surprisingly, more and more. (01/30/2004)