JAM Reviews The Last of the Mohicans from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Last of the Mohicans: Director’s Definitive Cut: Blu-Ray Disc: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Review by JAM

Love, honor, betrayal and more all set against the backdrop of the French and Indian War fuels this Blu-ray release from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Last of the Mohicans. Two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis, director Michael Mann, Madeleine Stowe and more lead this beautifully done movie based in colonial times with amazing mountain ranges and populated forests providing the background of this literary classic by James Fennimore Cooper. A love story between two people from two worlds that collide during a time of trial, Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) is an adopted son of the Mohicans who meets Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe), a daughter of the British commander at a nearby garrison. Living through Indian attacks and ambushes, battles with the French, and family squabbles, the two lovers make their way through the adventurous times, strengthened by the adversity.

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A literary classic on Blu-ray with the setting and environment that is enhanced by the Blu-ray disc, this movie is a classic in its own right but even better on Blu-ray with the lush foliage and awesome grandeur of the mountain ranges. Most movies look better on Blu-ray, and even though this may not have been shot in preparation of Blu-ray conversion (it was made a while ago), the transfer seems to have transitioned easily and the movie is amazing.

EXTRAS

Special Features:
• All New Widescreen Director’s Definitive Cut
• Commentary by Director Michael Mann
• The Making Of The Last of the Mohicans featuring new interviews with Daniel Day-Lewis
• Theatrical Trailers

This Blu-ray release has a new cut of the movie which adheres better to the director’s vision and new interviews with Daniel Day-Lewis about the making of the movie. As much as I enjoyed the movie, I am not the biggest Daniel Day-Lewis fan so the interviews did not do much for me, but they are insightful for fans of interview extras or Mr. Lewis himself.

LAST OF THE MOHICANS DIRECTOR’S DEFINITIVE CUT BLU-RAY DISC
Street Date: October 5, 2010
Screen Format: Widescreen – 2.40:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
U.S. Rating: R
Total Run Time: 114 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes

The Last of the Mohicans from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment stalks its way onto store shelves, ready to ambush you on October 5, 2010 so grab a copy, hold onto the one you love, and visit the past and a classic literary tale with The Last of the Mohicans.

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