A good film but needed more background.

Rating: Null/10 (13 December 2000)

This is a film about a military outpost guarded by soldiers who are mainly from Britain and are attacked by a Zulu army. While the battle scenes are well done and the atmosphere stays tense the film is somewhat devoid of any real message. I could not completely enjoy the film because of the dated attitude it seems to have about the incident. The film has a Peckinpah-esque feel about it but it isn't able to show the whole story behind the events. Apparently the prequel sheds some light on the situation but there should have been more background in Zulu as well, granted that the film is as long as it is. If the viewer of this film knows about history, then this film can be looked at from other perspectives then just as a heroic tale of courage of the British forces.