I had been eyeing this movie for a long time and finally was able to rent it via Amazon Prime using my backup US credit card (sometimes it’s hard to understand that big companies won’t accept our money – because we are “international”). I rented it for my 11 hour flight to Miami as I did not expect the onboard selection of movies would really cater for my interests.
So, for those who are not familiar with it, Northwest Passage is a “western” (that’s how it was classified!!) set in 1759 and loosely tells the story of Rogers Rangers raid on St. Francis and this is also the only movie I know that really shows Rogers Rangers in action.
Link to wikipedia page and the (missing) copyright text
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Despite the slow, hollywoodish start, I really liked the movie! To me it contained all the key elements I had read about the rangers in the French and Indian war, and in full color: prepping and moving a large raiding party by whaleboat, avoiding the French and Indians, men dropping off along the way, crossing rivers, the lack of food, exhaustion, desperation, and so forth. Besides, it was historical enough for me.
I must say, this will become part of my digital movie library. I’d prefer a physical copy like DVD, but that might be a bit hard to find.