Stirring rousing epic

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 2000)

Stirring rousing epic, something I'd never seen before, unfortunately on the small screen, but letterboxed. Inspired me to read a whole Time/Life book on South African history, written same year movie came out. Surprisingly it was the British who were the more egalitarian, fair-minded, + enlightened; the Boers and Africaners that came to rule SA after the Boer War were religious racist fanatics despite their Dutch origin.
If there was a Gatling gun that would explain the outcome (that's a big fact-fudge)- it's impossible to hold off that volume of attackers with massed vollies. Fascinating to see consumate professional Michael Caine in first major role. Mike H