Full of almost constant action

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2012)

This movie is chock full of action, and tells a wonderful tale of woefully outnumbered British soldiers fighting for their lives against a horde of Zulu warriors. While the movie does take a while to pick up, once the action does start, it remains constant up until the very end of the film. The arguments between the reverend and the British commanders regarding whether the sick are to stay and fight or be evacuated. The sheer hopelessness of the situation is built upon when the reverend gets himself drunk upon realizing that there is nothing he can do to convince the soldiers to abandon the upcoming battle. I would definitely watch this movie again.