STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

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Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Stanley Baker Michael Caine Jack Hawkins

Directors Cy Endfield

Screenwriters John Prebble Cy Endfield

Running Time 133 minutes

EMPIRE ESSAY: Zulu (PG)

Plot
On the January 22nd 1879 the British Army suffers one of it's worst defeats when Zulu forces massacre 1,500 of its troops. A short time after the main battle a Zulu force numbering in excess of 4000 warriors advances on a British supply dump guarded by 139 Welsh infantrymen. The film concentrates on this bloody 12 hour battle.

Verdict
As a spectacular war film with a powerful moral dimension, Zulu pre-dates Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan by more than three decades. Like the defence of Rorke's Drift itself, its legend grows with the passing of time.


Reviewer: Pat Reid

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