Epic in scale, Cy Endfield’s stirring account of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift ... features bruisingly authentic battle sequences and Michael Caine, dodging spears, in one of his most memorable performances.

| Jan 2, 2024

This may not be exact history, but it certainly makes an impression.

| Jul 10, 2017

A brilliantly made dramatisation of Rorke's Drift, and it does a fine job of capturing the spirit for which the battle is remembered.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 10, 2017

It may not be truthful - but, my God, the result is thrilling.

| Jul 10, 2017

As a spectacular war film with a powerful moral dimension.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 10, 2017

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.

| Jan 2, 2009

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.

| Feb 9, 2006

Students of such things in movies should appreciate this one, for it has all the standard ingredients of the heroic hold-the-fort film.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 9, 2005