In war-torn Colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, Cora Munro, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers, including Hawkeye, a rugged frontiersman and the adopted son of the Mohicans comes to their rescue. A passionate romance soon blossoms between Cora and Hawkeye, but many forces test their love as they continue to journey through the Frontier.
Mann wasn't thinking story, he was thinking scheme. Keep the eyes and ears dazzled, he reasons, and the substance will follow.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
...big, bold, and gloriously sweeping.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
He conceives of the story as if it were a gigantic piece of mood music.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
...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.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
...the action is richly detailed and thrillingly staged.