Rijndri
Load of rubbish!!
Humbersi
The first must-see film of the year.
Caryl
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
Benedito Dias Rodrigues
The first one battle portraited in movie Zulu Dawn explain how Zulu warriors had imposed the most important defeat of british army ever,where 1.200 soldier were killed,this turn is another face of the same coin,of course the story is told by the winner and with own words,the enemy didn't have a media to tell your side story, in fact dealing with british l' ll stay back to hear such battle,one hundred probable and supposedly aren't enough to stop 4.000 zulu warriors,but the british soldiers are greatest even when they lost America!!resume:First watch: 1989 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.5
cinemajesty
Movie Review: "Zulu" (1964)In late international reception, released by distributing Paramount Studios, Hollywood in June 1964 missing the Academy-Award qualification deadline of December 31st 1963 by miles and also-neglected for another year by its own kind to be only nominated once at the 18th edition of "The British Academy Film And Television Awards" (BAFTA) in awe-striking exotic as detailed South-East-African native tribe pieces of art directions initiated by production designer Ernest Archer (1910-1990), who then eventually won an Academy-Award fo the rarely-known major British production of the Royal-Russian-Tsar-Saga "Nicholas & Alexandra" directed by "Patton" director Franklin J. Schaffner."Zulu" comes along with 135-Minute-Editorial of constant raging tribe of South African warriors opposing naturally by basic instinct the imperalistic attitude of natural-resourcing retrieving as region-securing British Royal Army, here so impressively portrayed by a star-making performance with 30-year-old actor Michael Caine restraining future screen-taking close-up powers to be experienced in Alfie (1966) and "Get Carter" (1971) in favors for also-producing falling short actor Stanley Baker (1928-1976) due to an one-dimensionally written leading character of Lieutenant John Chard by also co-writing director Cy Endfield (1914-1995), who received at that time an overwhelming independently-received production budget for fast-track deliveries toward award-season 1963, taking on pictures as "Tom Jones" (1963), eventually winning Best Picture due to lack of competition, and Magnus-Opus "Cleopatra" (1963) starring Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) & Richard Burton (1925-1984), who needed to turn down one of the initial roles due to schedule conflicts, but nevertheless shares some vocal atmosphere in narration post-production additional-monologue dubbing, when the picture unfolds its potential epic proportions in an slow-left-panning after-battle scenario with marching "Zulu" warriors walking through corpses of red-coated British soldiers, only to come full circle after minor-suspense sequences of deadlock situations with foreseen food and ammunition struggles neglected hand-to-hand combats, envisioning the bayonet-slashing black flesh toward inevitable historically-proven victors of a minor group of Royal British soldiers.The out-going high-concept scenario of highly-dramatized real events on January 22nd / 23rd in year 1879, when waves of battle under siege-holding 450 advancely-weaponized colonialists against 4,000 primal-rage-pushing Natives does not fail to attract after more than 50 years in distribution services, but then again becomes a controversially dragging cinematic experience, when the recurring motive "David vs. Goliath" stand-offs in emotionally-superior motion pictures endeavors from "The Alamo" (1960) directed as starred by John Wayne to digital-enhancements of a new age in "300" (2006) starring Gerard Butler & Lena Headey directed by Zack Synder tend to just entertain more these days.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend
(Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)
Kirpianuscus
heroic, great, impressive, remarkable. an entire dictionary content for define a film who remains special at each new meet. for performances and for the great script, for stories of each character and for the fight scenes. and for the feel to be eyewitness to a confrontation who becomes, scene by scene, not only epic but with solid roots. because it is the story of an empire and its people, about memories, vulnerabilities and courage, sacrifice and the right answer to a huge challenge. a film about honor. and about war. not only against the Zulu attacks. but against yourself. the admirable virtue of film remains the humanity. the escape from the temptation to be a manifesto. or only a patriotic lesson of history. remaining only a story. about few people, in Natal, resisting to a impossible to stop attack. this is all. and it is enough.
Leofwine_draca
This epic adventure is one of the yardsticks of the action-cum-war film genre, offering intense excitement, bloody action, and furious violence and all within a PG certificate too. A perennial favourite of the British television stations, it tells the true story of a British detachment stranded at the outpost of Rorke's Drift in hostile enemy territory, facing an angry army of 4000 Zulu warriors intent on killing all and sundry.The main army has already been slaughtered (an event chronicled in 1979's prequel, ZULU DAWN), so it's down to our stiff-upper-lip British and Welsh heroes – including Michael Caine in his standout, star-making performance as a young, cocky officer, and Stanley Baker as the heroic older rank – to battle against the dreaded foe. The film builds slowly in the first hour, displaying some glorious African locations, before letting rip with full-scale battle and destruction come the second half. Courage, bravery, tragedy, and most of all determination is what this film is all about, and it's a hard one to top.
