The acting is uniformly excellent, yet the real stars here are the Zulu warriors--beautiful, dignified, magnificent.

British classic.

Awesome war movie. Wonderful acting and story.

Depicts the Zulu's as savages, and the British as saints, but aside from that a very good film.

An amazing achievement of scope and intensity. One of the most entertaining war films ever made.

Atmospheric and well shot, with a brilliant musical score and good performances all round. It's starting to look a little dated nowadays, but not to its detriment. 'Zulu' remains one of the most enjoyable war movies ever made.

Honestly one of the best war movies of all time! And certainly a different take on war films due to it's setting. A definite "must-see" for fans of the genre.

I'd be a lot more forgiving if it wasn't so long, had any characters worth a damn, or gave any motivation for the battle other than "we're her majesty's army." The assumed sympathy by the audience is disturbing as is the complete dehumanization of the Zulus. Bodies strewn everywhere and an hour of slaughter and the most we get is "I feel a little sick" followed by a lame justification. There are some good battle scenes, and solid cinematography, but neither makes it worthwhile, just bearable.

Good movie with a very young Michael Caine... looking at the fight scenes I must confess it hasn't aged well...

Basically the British Imperialism take on the Western, complete with arguing lawmen, drunk friars, jailed louts making good, and even a makeshift wagon fort: all you need for a stirring round of heroic native slaying. It's not really portrayed as a racial scouring but it can feel like it since so little effort is made to tell the motivations of the colonials (one of them wants to build a bridge...). Still, pretty great for a rip-roaring guy movie about bravery, just don't expect much else.

Michael Caine + War = Good results. Worth watching.

Great acting, great music, great story. It's beginning to look rather dated nowadays though. It can't be helped though.

Based on the true story of a small number of British Soldiers in Rorke's Drift defending a garrison against a horde of Zulu's with a kamikaze death wish who don't believe in kevlar bullet proof vests as protection.Fine performances from Baker and Caine keeps this moving along at a reasonable pace.Without a doubt the highlight is the last battle towards the end with the gallant Brits singing 'Men of Harlech' whilst exhausted with uplifting vigour with the Zulu's chanting their own war cries.

One of the pillars of the combat film genre.

A great film showing a battle known to few. If you are interested in the British Army and are a fan of Michael Caine you will love this film.

Yet another one-sided war movie.

The first half is admitting a little boring, but the battle which takes up half the film is amazing.

Great acting, not perfect (but close) historical accuracy and a intriguing story make this film well worth seeing. Sadly I don't think that two specific aspects of the film have aged well: the fight scenes and the sound effects. A lot of the fighting is obviously fake compared to what we're used to nowadays and it's coupled with a lot of generic death screams. It really took me out of it. However, everything else about the film was surperb so it more than made up for it.

Interesting story, historical accuracy, and accomplished actors add up to a movie well worth seeing if this genre interests you.

Lets face it you always watch it when its on TV

Yowza! Based on a real incident in which about a hundred British soldiers in 19th-century Africa held off 4000 Zulus in battle. Great dialogue, memorable characters, terrific score by John Barry, and thrilling combat sequences. If anyone is tempted to read this review as a hurrah for imperialism, kindly allow me to point out that the Zulus were *also* an imperial power; they just had a much lower level of technology than the British

Great film.