In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Students of such things in movies should appreciate this one, for it has all the standard ingredients of the heroic hold-the-fort film.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
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.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
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.