Memorable battle scenes and soundtrack

Rating: Null/10 (14 May 1999)

I first became fascinated by this film in the 1960's because of the memorable soundtrack. It spoke of high adventure in exotic places and really gets the adrenalin pumping! The film itself contains essentially a huge battle scene lasting for two days. I found the bayonet charge led by Lieutenant Bromhead (Michael Caine) and Color Sergeant Bourne (Nigel Green) one of the best close combat scenes ever filmed. Naturally the film score peaked during this charge. To me, the most fascinating character to emerge during the fight was Color Sergeant Bourne. He had some very memorable lines including, "AAAAAllright, nobody told you to stop working!" after the 24th Regiment troops had repulsed yet another Zulu rush and were exhausted, but needed to finish the final redoubt. Indeed a stirring epic of bravery and "seeing the elephant". Buy the video and the soundtrack! There is now a boxed set entitled "Zulu".