Speaking of the soundtrack, the main violin/fiddle riff that plays throughout the movie is taken from the song The Gael, by Scotsman Dougie Maclean.

13:43 "Thought they were going to get there just in time." We all did, Dawn, the first time we watched we all did...

Based on a work of fiction. The fort battle, the slaughter and issues with the settlers were all real. Love your reactions.

"Last of the Mohicans" being your dad's favorite movie reminds me of "Last of the Mohicans" being the only book Hawkeye's dad ever read in "M.A.S.H." Ironically, thanks to "Last of the Mohicans" and "Taken," whenever I hear someone say "I will find you," I simultaneously think "Stay alive no matter what occurs" and "I will kill you."

“I’m looking at you, Miss.” 😍

Was my dad`s favourite movie too, remember watching it with him at the cinema in 1992, RIP dad.

Another one of my all-time favorite movies! The music and cinematography are some of the best ever. I live in North Carolina where this was filmed, and visiting Chimney Rock Park and hiking the cliff trail to the waterfall was a big highlight in my life! Great reaction!

This was a great choice, Dad has good taste!

At least you didn't ask, "Where are the buffaloes?" : D

I thought 'uh-oh' when you said you weren't ready for a sad movie but I knew the romantic music and story would probably keep you steady. notice the car chase with canoes? wes studi's magua is one of the great film villains.

Daniel Day-Lewis brings his A game every time, i loved him in Gangs of New York

"The Last of the Mohicans" is a classic novel written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. While I love this movie, it barely covers the scale of the novel. Your Dad sounds like a smart man! 😀

Trivia: West Studi, who played Magua, was awed by Daniel and worked up the courage to have a chat with him. When Studi felt comfortable enough he asked for the actors autograph. - "Sure", Daniel said - "No, no, no. With your left foot!" Studi got his autograph...

Dougie MacLean did the tune The Gael for this movie, an epic piece of music by a great Scotsman!

The theme song "I Will Follow", is performed by the great Irish band Clannad.

Good reaction for a very fitting father's day movie. Not only is it your Dad's favorite, but the plot basically revolves around fatherhood in various forms.

Filmed in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina, which I call home; I believe you can take a tour of the different waterfalls and other filming sites tho I could be mistaken

This is my second favorite film of all time! Your father has excellent taste! As you are someone from the UK, you should facepalm over not knowing who Daniel Day-Lewis is! He's an Oscar winner and one of the greatest actors of the 20th-century regarded with awe by other top professionals as an actor's actor. He is married to Arthur Miller's daughter. If you want to see him in full villain mode, watch "Gangs of New York" or "There Will Be Blood". Michael Mann's direction is kinetic and immersive. His compositions are painterly. Dante Spinotti's cinematography is atmospheric and lush using mostly natural light sources. The score by Trevor Jones is rousing and sweeping. The screenplay by Mann himself and Christopher Crowe bristles with authenticity, intelligence and ferocity! The action is phenomenal and inventive including a canoe chase! The period detail is assiduous. Colonial America feels rough-hewn and primeval. The chemistry between Madeleine Stowe and Daniel Day-Lewis is electric! The cast is uniformly excellent. Cora's impassioned speech to her father advocating sedition and her withering condemnation of Duncan are beautifully delivered by Madeleine Stowe. I always find Duncan's redemption by substituting himself for Nathaniel when Nathaniel pleads to take Cora's place in the fire to be very moving. He did love her but it went unrequited. Chingachgook, played by Native American activist Russell Means, has a terrific speech at the end of the Director's Cut where he laments being the last of his tribe. He goes on to say that one day his white son, Nathaniel, will also be the last of his kind, a frontiersman, as civilization pushes westward bending the natural world to its will. This is based on James Fenimore Cooper's frontier classic "The Last of the Mohicans" written in 1826 but bears little resemblance to the details of the novel. Cooper wrote a pentalogy of stories about Day-Lewis' character, Nathaniel Bumppo, who went by several names including Deerslayer, Hawkeye, La Longue Carabine, Pathfinder, Leatherstocking and The Trapper. The stories chronicle his life from 1740-1806. "Mohicans" is the second tale chronologically. The French and Indian War was the North American theater of the first global war, The Seven Years' War, from 1756-1763. Battles raged in Eastern colonial North America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Trans-Atlantic and the Far East between England, France, Spain and Prussia. George Washington's military exploits occurred in this war which is one of the reasons he was chosen to lead the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The attack on Fort William Henry and the ensuing massacre are real events. The callous and condescending treatment of the colonials by the British officers show the first stirrings of colonial resentment to the British crown which would ultimately erupt in The Revolutionary War. Native American tribes in North America allied with different colonial powers. Magua is able to infiltrate the British ranks as a guide because the Brits can't tell the indigenous tribes apart. French General Montcalm, a real historical figure, made it a point to acculturate himself with his indigenous allies and show respect to their people in order to secure a loyal bond. Nathaniel advised Cora to remain close to her father and the British officers because the French officers would afford them protection as fellow aristocrats. The enlisted man was considered an unwashed peasant good for cannon fodder. Lol. Magua was stirred by Alice's defiance and suicide. He was resentful of the Sachem's judgment and took her grudgingly but her loyalty to Uncas and her bravery demonstrated she would make a good mate given time. For the first time, he could conceive of something beyond vengeance but Alice wasn't having it. If Uncas had told her to stay alive as Nathaniel had Cora, she might not have acted so rashly.

Wes Studi (Magua) and Eric Schweig (Uncas) are very good actors and are in a number of other movies, particularly ones that have to do with native americans. West Studi is Cherokee. Eric Schweig is German and Inuit. Other Wes Studi movies include "Dances with Wolves", "Geronimo", "Older than America", and "Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries", all of which I recommend.

The music in this movie is sooo good!

One of my all time favorite movies! I live in Boone,NC and work in Blowing Rock, NC, which is in the Blue Ridge Mountains not far from where this was filmed! I get to see this view daily! 🥰 I love your reactions! You’re accent is the absolute best!! ❤

The movie is based on a book, but the reality is even more gruesome. Though the Mohicans are still around the tribe has not disappeared.

The hair cut is a Mohawk as well as a Native American nation. The Mohicans were also a native American nation that lived near the Mohawk.

Your Dad has amazing taste. A great movie with a excellent cast and an outstanding soundtrack. It was filmed in Smokey Mountain National Park, which is a natural treasure in the Eastern US. The setting however in what is now Upstate New York. Thanks for the incredible reaction, your posts are always top notch. Also, thanks for the Father’s Day greeting. Give you Father and your kids’ pop some love today!!! Best!

The guns were often long and thin to give better accuracy. Musket balls would start moving off of a straight line as soon as they left the barrel, so longer barrels gave a little bit of an improvement.

The actual fort still exists and is located at Lake George in upstate New York. Me and my family used to vacation in Lake George when I was a kid.

The hairstyle was called a Mohawk, named after the Mohawk Indians, not the Mohicans.

an even better movie set in the western frontier is "Jeremiah Johnson" from 1972 with Robert Redford , it has the Indians and a love story and some sadness, think you will love it.

It’s my dads favourite movie I sneakily watched the last bit when I was a kid it’s been my favourite since. Alice is my favourite character such a brave ending.

The music at about 12:00 is a song Clannad performed specifically for this movie. It became one of their greatest hits.

Great reaction. Your father and now you have great taste in movies.

One of my all time favs.. the scenery, the way it is shot, the music, the acing Belissimo

"Why am I going to want to watch a movie that's about the last of a certain haircut?" Hilarious! (I think you were thinking "Mohawk" by the way. LOL.)

Hey Dawn, nice choice, And that was lovely you paid a little homage to your father. I am a little disappointed though. I thought we were going to get a bit more of a cry. As always you're awesome ❤️💚☘️

Being native Canadian I was proud at first about this movie bcuz there were actual natives in this movie. It shows a fictional depiction of one part of the war. And it certainly does show how after with native help in every single conflict any army be it France or England they needed native help. And evey single time they turned around and tried to kill us off.

Strong movie with a good storyline and well searched cast.

I love this film, gives me great memories of one of many cinema trips with my dad when I was younger. We both LOVED the soundtrack as well.

40+ year old fella whose seen this film half a dozen times and the end still has me in tears. Mind you, I'm from South of the Wall so I was in tears on Friday night as well 😂

I’m old, so in 1986 I was in high school and we had a summer reading list. I was not excited. On our shelves my parents had a set of “classics”, one of which was The Last of the Mohicans so I started reading it. It was my first experience with a book I couldn’t put down. I love the book til this day.

I saw this in the theater with my dad. It's always been a favorite.

First R rated movie my parents ever let my twin sister and me watch. We watched it with them, and it was absolutely wonderful!

‘The Last of the Mohicans’ was written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. Thats 69 years after the date of the story. It was one of the first nationwide best sellers in America. Today a story set 69 years ago would be 1952.

"Great Spirit, Maker of All Life. A warrior goes to you swift and straight as an arrow shot into the sun. Welcome him and let him take his place at the council fire of my people. He is Uncas, my son. Tell them to be patient and ask death for speed; for they are all there but one - I, Chingachgook - Last of the Mohicans." Gets me every time. 😭

The letter from Webb was authentic. The French intercepted the courier who was sent by General Webb.

I Will Find You. By Clannad. One of Ireland's finest ever folk bands

Loved your reaction ❤❤❤ This is my favorite movie next to 1981 Excalibur

They where playing Lacrosse. A native American invented game that is still played in America today. Its was played by the tribes mostly In the Mid Atlantic a d Northeastern Woodlands(Virginia north to Maine and into Eastern Canada) and in some other areas as well. The Native Americans called it some variation of The Creator's game, it had ritual significance. French Catholic missionaries named it Lacrosse. Its still hugely popular in various parts of the United States and Canada including the games heartland of The Mid Atlantic/ Northeastern US and Eastern Canada but its also popular in the Great lakes region(Illinois, Michigan) Colorado, and California. Played by both men and Women with the woman's game has rules limiting physical contact compared to the Mens game where its as brutal as ice hockey

Good movie, Dawn Marie, thanks. I had seen it before, but it was so long ago. 'Nice watching it again with you. You're good movie company - you don't talk too much. Good job -

Happy Father’s Day to all dads who have been let down by the Scottish courts x

One of my favorite films & favorite musical scores of all time. Daniel Day Lewis is amazing in this.

This is the newest movie of my own Dad's like top 10 favorite movies. Most are before the 1990's. He just passed a couple of months ago. I'm not looking for sympathy. I'm just saying I've enjoyed your reactions so far and I like that we have this very slight connection between our dad's. Happy Father's Day to your Dad. 🙂

I GREW UP IN THOSE EXACT PRISTINE GORGEOUS MOUNTAINS. I STILL RESIDE CLOSE TODAY IN UPSTATE SC. GRRRRRR8 VIDEEEEEO DARLIN

The Mohicans are not all gone many of them live on the Stockbridge reservation here in Wisconsin

It’s based on Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimoore Cooper if you didn’t catch that in the credits.

Very nostalgic from watching this movie in 9th grade history class. Classic movie from Michael Mann along with Heat and the artistic Miami Vice.

"I probably should know who Daniel Day-Lewis is." The greatest actor...possibly EVER. 3 Oscars, 4 BAFTA's, 2 Golden Globes. Father's Day connection! - Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite (one of Colonel Munro's officers) starred together as father and son in "In The Name Of The Father" which tells the story of the Guildford Four.

14:03 . . "That was a little bit comical. . . " No it wasn't. . . Daniel Day-Lewis *REALLY* LEARNED how to RELOAD a musket with powder and ball WHILE RUNNING!! AND he learned how to shoot TWO muskets at the same time at TWO different targets. . . . while RUNNING! He LITERALLY CAN do that. . . (well he could at the time of filming the movie) It was based on actual skills that frontiersmen at the time had. .

This movie has stayed with me for years.

The Nez Perce tribal lands in the state of Idaho is some of the most amazing looking land I've ever seen. If you ever get a chance - take a drive through Central and Northern Idaho, you won't regret it.

Great pick, Dad. The beautiful mountains of NC are a decent enough representation of upstate NY. Mr Cooper wrote a hyped up version of Daniel Boone's rescue of his daughter. I think George Washington accidentally started this very real war in North America. The massacre of Ft William Henry happened. The British payed a bounty for scalps as proof of conquest. NORTHWEST PASSAGE, DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK, MANY RIVERS TO CROSS are just three of the great films depicting this time frame.

The Great White Buffalo, Tootsie, Rain Man are 3 classic i never see a reaction to

Never read the book, but going off the movie the ending never made complete sense to me. Among Native Americans, if you get adopted into a family or a tribe (as in Hawkeye's case) then you literally become a member of that tribe. When Chingachgook said he was "the last of the Mohicans," I kept looking at Hawekeye... AND his bride-to-be. And kept thinking that there must be a bigger message here. Chingachgook may have been the last of the hereditary Mohicans, but in the background you had a spiritual continuation of the Mohicans.

Magua was Huron, not Mohican. Huron were of the Iroquois, Mohican were of the Algonquians. They were very much enemies.

Thanks I bloody love this film . Its beautiful

If this move doesn't get you in the feels, then you have no feels . . .

Your dad has great taste in movies, also my favorite movie of all time..;)

I always say, “Beware of the old man in a land where men die young”

Even though the setting was upstate New York, a lot of the filming was done near Lake Lure, North Carolina and the Chimney Rock area with the waterfall and cliff scenes.

Hey Marie; I love this movie 👍👍👍I watched it as a teenager far in the 90s mate ..my interest for native Americans started with this film Super nice Reaktion✌️😉🤙 Greets and cheers MIK

Another good one with Madeleine Stowe is "the 13 Monkeys" time travel story with Bruce Willis. Wes Studi as Magua the bad guy, played the Sphynx, superhero with mystical abilities in "Mystery Men" .

I watch this movie so many times in the early 90s it was my favorite growing up.

"There is a war on. how is it you are heading west?" - "Well you face to the north and real sudden like turn left"

Yes happy father's day ( your dad has good taste) .

Thank you, daughter.

Funnily enough I've never seen this either and I'm a big movie fan. Never really wanted to see this. Until now. As always a brilliant reaction review. Now gonna watch the full movie.

You know, there was a time the highlands were that forested.

Not to take anything away from all his other great films, this was the one Michael Mann was born to make! It's an action film, a romance, a metaphorical film, and a great piece of historical fiction. Great cast and music too. . .Only problem is that in his director's cut, Mann cut two of my favorite lines from the theatrical release.

Your dad's got great taste - my absolute favourite too. Maybe it's a dad thing :)

Very happy that you watched this! This is up there for me on movies that I love. I watched this the first time many years ago with my dad. For the longest time I really didn't enjoy it. Mostly because of how dated everything inside of it was, I had poor taste as a youngster. Glad that I wised up though! :D

Your Dad has great taste!

In highschool we had to do a short presentation on indians. Our team just submitted a bunch of clips from this movie... somehow we still got an A. (edit: although thinking about it some more, the movie had just come out on vhs so maybe our teacher hadn't seen it yet)

In real life that double musket fire was done twice. One was by the legendary daniel boone

Cool studio effects. 👍

For me the best movies were Braveheart, Dances with Wolves, and The Last of the Mohicans. They don't make movies like this anymore.

The song Promontory is amazing. Perfect for the action scenes. The book and movie are works of fiction but many of the characters were real. Col. Munro did not have his daughters with him in raal life, nor was he killed in the ambush. He survived the war.

Listen to your dad. Dads know stuff ♥

There are many different Native American tribes. Allied to the British were.. hang on a sec..... what, I forget things. I'm getting old you know. The British allies were the Iroquois. The French had the Abenaki, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Huron.

There were thousands of different American Indian tribes in those days, some were peaceful, some were war tribes, and were violent and cruel.

Fire a cannon you say? If you ever come to the US, look up reenacting sometime and I'm sure a cannon crew would be more than happy to show you how :)

Hurts me because my people are fading

Awesome. Watch Geronimo with West Studi

I LOVE this movie! The cinematography! The score! So many scenes are framed as if they were a painting! The cast was superb. Russell Means who played Chingachgook was National Director of the American Indian Movement and literally fought against the US Army when they besieged Wouned Knee. I could talk about this movie all day!

The ones who attacked the British in the beginning of the Movie were Mohawk Indians.

Yeah you really should know who Daniel Day-Lewis is, he has done 13 roles in movies since 1989, got oscar nominated 6 times and won 3, in other words one of the greatest actors ever. Can recommend to watch In the name of the father, true story movie.

Thank you sweetie.

If you're impressed by Daniel Day-Lewis you could hardly do better than to watch him in "Lincoln".

4:24 oh, it gets way sadder.

You have to read the book. When I saw the film first, I liked it well enough, but there were a LOT of liberties taken with the story and the characters.

Almost anything with Daniel Day Lewis is worth watching. I recommend IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER and MY LEFT FOOT.

You should see, The Gods must be crazy. 1 & 2.