Glory is a celebration of a little-known act of mass courage during the Civil War.

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2010)

The film is richly plotted, alternately inspiring and horrifying, it's an enlightening and entertaining tribute to heroes too long forgotten. During the American Civil War, a young white officer (Matthew Broderick) finds himself in charge of the first black regiment to fight in combat.
Glory is an intriguing tribute to heroes unsung for too long. Broderick does most of the heavy lifting as a well-meaning young man (from an anti-slavery family) who is resented by his troops and left to rot by his superiors. But Denzel Washington, as an escaped slave with a bad attitude, steals all his scenes. Veteran cinematographer Freddie Francis invests proceedings with a shimmering beauty.