One of the best films ever made, if not THE best!

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2007)

The story of a small force of British troops thrown into the unenviable position of facing thousands of fearless Zulu warriors. A battle fought between two sets of very different soldiers. A battle that will forever be part of South African folklore. The British people involved were ordinary common soldiers not national decision makers, it was not their choice to be there and they fought for their very lives. The characters portrayed may be slightly out of sync with the actual people involved but that is poetic license and several people may have been rolled up and portrayed as one person (in the case of Hook especially). You get to know each of the characters involved and feel their hopes and very real fears but you are not subjected to gallons of blood being splashed around (which was undoubtedly present at the actual battle). The actors involved do a fantastic job but with people such as Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine, Nigel Green, James Booth and Patrick Magee being involved, you wouldn't expect anything else. This is probably the best film ever made, the acting is excellent, the battle scenes are memorable, the people are believable and the scenery stunning. If you've never seen it, I urge you to because it is a piece of brilliance.