"Because were here lad, and their's nobody else"

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2001)

I first saw Zulu when I was 8-Im now 45, and even today the scene when the troops start singing Men of Harlech before the final Zulu charge still gets to me. A wonderful all action movie with an excellent top-notch cast, and the intelligence to show the Zulu's as the proud warrior nation they are, and their soldiers every bit as disciplined as the British Red Coats. Even if some of the most famous scenes in the movie never happened like the above, the way Zulu was made made it look like it really happened as the film portrayed.
Beautifully shot with a breathtaking landscape, and not an American in site.
The courage and fortitude of the ordinary British soldier of the day of that period shows why the Empire was able to last as long as it did, in short, John Bull in uniform.
My favourite character after the favourite Hookie must be Colour Sergeant Bourne, if any one looks like a Victorian British Army Sergeant in a movie, it has to be him.