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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick Schager[Geoghegan] allows his film’s message about intolerance and oppression to emanate naturally from the action, thereby letting the proceedings gradually transform into a revisionist fantasy of defiance, expulsion and vengeance.
- 76Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpPaste MagazineAndrew CrumpMohawk is exciting on its own merit. Seen as a piece of Geoghegan’s growing filmography, it’s positively thrilling, a great extension of its author’s fascinations.
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenTed Geoghegan's Mohawk is a survival-of-the-fittest film that's charged with a thunderous urgency.
- 75The Film StageMike MazzantiThe Film StageMike MazzantiWhile some of its dramatic gestures fall short or feel stilted, it is through sheer pervasive commitment to its characters and message that Mohawk’s grimy power is able to shine.
- 75The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeViewers who are looking for something thought-provoking as well as thrilling have come to the right place.
- 70Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMohawk is a gripping and despairing action picture, about how we can't seem to stop trying to destroy those we distrust — including ourselves.
- 70Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMohawk takes its time revealing all its generic elements, but at its high point dares to vault toward something grander and more mythic than action-adventure realism.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeRespectful of its heroes' suffering and willing (for a while, at least) not to afford them the usual big-screen satisfactions, it mourns a centuries-old genocide through the torment of three young protagonists.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliTed Geoghegan’s Mohawk is taut, bloody, and uncompromising – all with a dollop of social commentary thrown in for good measure.
- 58IndieWireJamie RighettiIndieWireJamie RighettiMohawk offers a very clear commentary on the displacement and genocide of Native Americans, which is apparent through the American militia’s ruthlessness and crude racism.