Zulu Dawn

A little on the slow side, but well worth watching.

Worthy, if overlong, prequel to the events at Rorke's Drift immortalised in \"Zulu\". Concentrating on the events leading up to the Battle of Isandhlwana and how they were perceived \"back home\" in London.

Fairly lame (the score is awful) and very tame (almost pointless) prequel to a classic. The cast is great although they give half hearted performances, but it is hard to blame them given the material they were given. It has some interesting content, some of the photography isn't bad, and the battle scene was worth watching, but overall I'de avoid this film and rewatch the original.

"Zulu Dawn" has its moments, but mostly it felt like watching rambling confusion.

"Always to be applauded when an attempt is made at tackling the subject of the futility of war on film but this unfortunately falls short in many ways."

Not bad.