The British lost, but in terms of the contest between interest and boredom, it’s a draw.

…a worthy prequel to the 1963 classic Zulu, and one that broadens the criticism of the first film. There’s a lot less heroic Brits in the movie...Cy Endfield’s script takes few prisoners in its detailed evocation of multiple, avoidable massacres.

Rides the line between being a pure artifact of a bygone era-one that depicts a romanticized, unrealistic version of the time-and a modern, revisionist take that strives for a more accurate portrayal of historical reality.

A simple two-act story: Prelude to war, and the war. The former is concerned with a lot of British derring-do and priggish behavior. The latter consists of battle scenes with a lot of kinetic energy but not as much emotional punch as they should have.