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Yar, you be here: Zulu > Customer Reviews Zulu Customer Reviews (7 - 9 of 42 Reviews)A Must See & Discuss film for all Mud Soldiers
When I was in the Army, I was told to see this tape asap. It was good advice in that it tells one how to hold a piece of ground under very difficult terms. Its the closest one can get to understand how men can be made to fight and fight well under some really great leadership. The Widows Army was very lucky to have such men. It is a testimony to their training and leadership that such green troops performed so well. The Zulus are also shown in this movie as very worthy foes as they should be. (Cold Steel against Rifles!! That takes balls made of brass.) A timeless story that is well worth the time and money. As a sidebar this should be complimented with the Book "The Defense of Duffer's Drift" if you can find it. Classic
I dont know how many times i've seen this movie,but im sure its into the 100's.Its the type of movie you can watch it and then go back to particular scenes and watch them over and over. The strategy's they used to fight off the Zulu's were brilliant.First time i saw this movie i was glued to the TV, i was about 12 in the late 70's.I thought no doubt they would all be slaughtered at the end,but they somehow seemed to just hang in there.But i wont give away the end of the movie for all the young people who may not have seen it. Its quite a long movie, and takes a while to get started,but when it does you are glued to it. The scenes are brilliant.You cant help but feel how you would react in such a situation. The acting in this movie is simply brilliant and totaly convincing.Michael Caine made his debut here,and Stanley Baker was brilliant as a British Army engineer officer. Definitly one of,if not my favorite movie of all time. Anglo-Saxon
I'm always a little wary of one-sided movies, although it's impossible to cover every angle of an historical event in two or three hours. But as marvelous as much of "Zulu" is in its acting and production values, we never learn exactly what's bothering the tribesmen, and why they're willing to run up and get shot at point-blank range to try to drive the British out of South Africa. A couple of scenes from the natives point of view would have made this a more palatable film, and given audiences some understanding of what was happening in 19th century Africa.
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