I admit I was not a fan of Mohawk at first. I have now seen in three times. There are pros and cons to this one. It’s turning into a guilty pleasure though. It has Luke Harper in it dammit! Of course, I had to try to like it.
The story is somewhere around the War of 1812. This does take place in upstate NY, so that’s home sweet home for me. Oak, Joshua, and Calvin have a unique three-way love. Calvin or someone f’d with the Americans camp and they want vengeance. So this group of 7 dudes goes hunting Mohawk. We have Col. Hawkes, Captain Holt, his son Myles, Beal who is a tracker with sweet glasses, Lachlan (Luke Harper) who is the tall badass muscle guy with a bad knee, Yancy who is the pussy of the group and is the translator, and Taylor who exists long enough to be the first one killed. This really is a cat and mouse game where the numbers keep dwindling. I’ll let you watch it to get a feel for it.
My major gripe was the acting. Early on, the dialogue sounds so bad. Not slightly inaccurate, but noticeably uncomfortably bad. It takes you right out of the film initially. I am guessing there are some historical inaccuracies there because people have complained about it, and that was my initial thoughts too, but I don’t have facts to back up that particular claim. Just the vibe I got. This set to be somewhat historical, but if you just consider it fantasy, you may be able to deal with this better. Some of the acting is good here. I thought Ezra Buzzington was perhaps the best actor as Captain Holt. Luke Harper (Jon Huber is his real name) did a surprisingly good job and I was pleased with how long he made it in the film. Robert Longstreet as Beal and Kaniehtiio Horn as Oak both did well too. The rest were a mixed bag. The other Native Americans acting was jagged at best. The story here isn’t great, but it is okay. You can see where it’s heading an hour in because options are limited by that point. Is the ending silly? Hell yeah!
I wanted to love this film, and I can watch it now and laugh, but I would tell people to lower their expectations on this one due to dialogue, story, and some of the performances. The blood and gore are really good though. Some of the lines are good, but for the wrong reasons. As I said in the beginning, this is a guilty pleasure. What sucks is that the director, Ted Geoghegan, also directed We Are Still here which I thought was brilliant.
Rating: 5.1 – I would rewatch it again, but it’s not that great. I want to see Luke get more roles. He’s good.
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