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1964

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Filmed on a grand scale, Zulu is a rousing recreation of the January 22, 1879, siege of Rorke's Drift in Natal, Africa. An army of 4,000 Zulu warriors have already decimated a huge British garrison; now they are on their way to the much smaller Rorke's Drift. A Royal Engineers officer (Stanley Baker) is determined to stand his .. Read more

Starring	Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth
Director	Cyril Endfield
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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- A film which comes with two heavy strikes against it: it was made during the '60s boom for epic adventures in exotic... read more on Time Out
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  - 4
  They don't make 'em like this anymore!
  
  I suppose the true test of a classic film is how well it ages over the years. When the special effects are well? no longer special, is the film still watchable... read more »
  
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  - I Shot JR!
  - Plymouth, England
  - 21 May 2004 at 15:59
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  Must see!
  
  I first watched this film when I was a kid and was fascinated with it at the time, it still seems just as good now! This film in my opinion has got to be one of... read more »
  
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- - TheVixen
  - 2 reviews
  - 06 Feb 2012 at 10:27
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  Well made for the 60s
  
  Alright film. can't help but think though... Why were we there in the first place?
  
  Slightly ridiculous storyline, but apart from that it's ... read more »
  
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  - 04 Nov 2011 at 10:26
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  byron dudley
  
  zulu outstanding great actors stanley baker michael cain and jack hawkins sit back and enjoy this one more organize than zulu dawn
  
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- - byron20
  - 22 reviews
  - 02 Oct 2011 at 22:34
- - 4
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  The Blu-ray conversion to emulate
  
  Zulu is one of the true classics out there and the Blu-ray only enhances the experience. This is the single best conversion I have seen yet- if it weren't ... read more »
  
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- - MarsSkirata
  - 9 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 21 Aug 2011 at 00:17
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  One of the best
  
  An epic film that shows the real truth behind warfare! 'Who dares wins'
  
  If only, though it does show a great number of differing characters ... read more »
  
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- - Dukerobbo
  - 2 reviews
  - 03 Jul 2011 at 21:00
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  Worth a VC!
  
  Superb. Musically, photographically, and physically a 1st rate film.
  
  And the only time Michael Caine has 'acted' and not played Michael Caine... read more »
  
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- - Pistonslap
  - 3 reviews
  - 19 Jun 2011 at 10:04
- - 6
  - 2
  Worth watching!
  
  One of the last of the classic-era widescreen epics, Zulu was also one of the last war movies to celebrate the virtues of the famous British stiff upper lip. At... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 16 Jan 2011 at 01:09
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  Not worth watching
  
  Zulu as a story rates very badly, the story line is weak, and the film is very violent, bloodthirsty, and cruelty seems to be the order of the day. For those ... read more »
  
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  - Sidmouth
  - 14 Jan 2011 at 15:29
- - 6
  - 2
  Classic british film with stiff upper lip!
  
  A great british film, with characters to match, Sadly to long and slow building for most people nowadays, but for those that like atmospheric films where you ... read more »
  
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  - hazeypics
  - 4 reviews
  - london
  - 29 Dec 2010 at 17:35
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  Zulu 1964
  
  Top movie even after all these years, blimey Michael Caine looks young there in his first movie. A Classic all time great..
  
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- - INN
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  - 21 Dec 2010 at 18:48
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- - 54
  - 4
  They don't make 'em like this anymore!
  
  I suppose the true test of a classic film is how well it ages over the years. When the special effects are well? no longer special, is the film still watchable... read more »
  
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- 6232
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  - I Shot JR!
  - Plymouth, England
  - 21 May 2004 at 15:59
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  - 5
  zulu
  
  I found this film very boring and repetative, i also thought that it was very overrated considering I had never seen it before and was dissapointed after ... read more »
  
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  - england
  - 30 Apr 2007 at 17:47
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  They don't make 'em like this anymore!
  
  Suppose the true test of a classic film is how well it ages over the years.
  
  When the special effects are well… no longer special, is the film ... read more »
  
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- - Gonesy
  - Devon
  - 30 May 2004 at 17:05
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  dated
  
  I loved this film years ago, so I rented it to show my kids that not all the good films have been made in the past few years. But this is well dated and the ... read more »
  
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- - paul h
  - Wilts
  - 28 Oct 2007 at 00:02
- - 6
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  Classic british film with stiff upper lip!
  
  A great british film, with characters to match, Sadly to long and slow building for most people nowadays, but for those that like atmospheric films where you ... read more »
  
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  - hazeypics
  - 4 reviews
  - london
  - 29 Dec 2010 at 17:35
- - 6
  - 2
  Worth watching!
  
  One of the last of the classic-era widescreen epics, Zulu was also one of the last war movies to celebrate the virtues of the famous British stiff upper lip. At... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 16 Jan 2011 at 01:09
- - 4
  - 0
  Zulu is The Best
  
  Zulu is the best antiwar film ever made. Every quality, which makes up any film, and particularly a great war film, is in this film near perfect. This is true ... read more »
  
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  - Bristol
  - 08 Aug 2008 at 01:09
- - 4
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  The Blu-ray conversion to emulate
  
  Zulu is one of the true classics out there and the Blu-ray only enhances the experience. This is the single best conversion I have seen yet- if it weren't ... read more »
  
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- - MarsSkirata
  - 9 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 21 Aug 2011 at 00:17
- - 4
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  The Spin of Victorian History
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  ZULU is about the courage of British soldiers against the courageous inhabitants of their native land - the Zulu
  
  The zulus in Africa and the ... read more »
  
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- - ovid
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  - 08 Jun 2010 at 13:53
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  Michael Caine comes to...
  
  Michael Caine comes to the fore in this recreation of the Events of Rourkes Drift, South Africa.
  
  A remarkable film that has no bias to either side, ... read more »
  
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- - Clive#5
  - HAYES
  - 04 Aug 2004 at 22:56

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  Narrated by Richard Burton and starring an outstanding Michael Caine in his first starring role, ZULU is a tense and dramatic war film about the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879--which was part of the Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa--where approximately 150 British soldiers held off 4,000 Zulu ...

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  Filmed on a grand scale, Zulu is a rousing recreation of the January 22, 1879, siege of Rorke's Drift in Natal, Africa. An army of 4,000 Zulu warriors have already decimated a huge British garrison; now they are on their way to the much smaller Rorke's Drift. A Royal Engineers officer (Stanley ...