One of the great war films

Rating: 8/10 (10 January 2000)

Zulu is a film I can watch over and over again. It's filled with terrific performances, pulse pounding action sequences, and ravishing photography that can only be appreciated widescreen. It's the true story of two proud empires--the British and the Zulu--locking horns at Rorke's Drift in 1879, and the bloody waste of life that ensued. Watch for Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi---still a political force in South Africa today---as Cetawayo, the main Zulu chief. If there were ever a patriotic anti-war film, this is it.