Review of The Last of the Mohicans (1992) by Alex L — 31 Aug 2009

"At the birth of the sun and of his brother the moon, their mother died. So, the sun gave to the earth her body from which was to scream all life. And he drew forth from her breast the stars. Stars he threw into the night sky to remind them of her soul.".

Michael Mann paints a rich picture on war, love and tragedy. The sight of beauty can make a man conquer anything and give him a cause to fight even harder in the face of certain death. Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe's love for eachother captivates this perfectly.

Not to leave out other characters of the movie, Magua, the rebel war captain of the Huron, has his own sad story which fuels his vengeance that blinds him of rational thought. Steven Waddington's jealous rage on Lewis and Stowe's love for eachother is also prominent. But, in time, his love for her actually turns out to be the most heroic scene in the movie when he gives his own life to save her from the Huron. The battle scenes are set in beautiful terrain, even on the final one in the wilderness. But, what really held the movie together was the music score. Without that, the movie wouldn't have had the gripping emotion that it did.

My favorite scene would have to be the final waterfall battle where Daniel Day-Lewis quiet mohican brother plowed through Huron men to try and save the younger sister of Stowe. The witnessing of his death also caused the younger sister to kill herself.