The story presents a wide range of powerful and exciting events involving 150 British soldiers, including sick and wounded, in a field hospital. These people seem to have succeeded in neutralizing a force of 4,000 Zulu warriors under the command of Royal Engineers' Officer Stanley Baker. This story may have many meanings of allegiance and strength to these soldiers.
Students of such things in movies should appreciate this one, for it has all the standard ingredients of the heroic hold-the-fort film.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
February 19, 2002
Its failure to present any kind of historical context ill serves the indigenous African peoples whom Endfield presumes to honor.
Time Out
February 09, 2006
Zulu is a fairly tough-minded and interesting account of a company of Welsh soldiers doing their bit for somebody else's Queen and Country in an alien land.
Though, there's an awful lot of lounging around in the hut and a lot of buildup to the battle itself, which doesn't get underway for more than half the film.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
January 01, 2000
Caine was just splendid, it is still one of his finest hours in film.
Responsável por lançar a carreira de Caine, o filme merece créditos também por evitar retratar os zulus como caricaturas selvagens, mas, mesmo que seja hábil ao criar uma atmosfera de urgência e desespero, acaba tornando-se longo demais.
TV Guide
January 01, 2000
This amazing film is devastatingly accurate in its depiction of the Rorke's Drift action, and is superbly directed by Cy Endfield, whose battle scenes are some of the most terrifying ever committed to film.
Joseph E. Levine makes an impressive debut in British film production with Zulu, a picture that allows ample scope for his flamboyant approach to showmanship.
