Zulu Dawn

It`s a solid enough re-telling of the story but most of the characters are quite bland or feel slightly manufactured-Bob Hoskins tries a bit too hard to step into the shoes of Colour Sergeant Bourne ,Burt Lancaster hails from a previously undiscovered part of Earth judging by his accent and Private Williams is just so damn annoying you can`t wait for the Zulu`s to crack him over the head with something.Peter `o Toole is suitably dignified and arrogant although the most interesting character by far is Noggs(Ronald Lacey)

Despite perhaps a bit too much of early tea and cricket the invasion finally kicks off with masses of British Infantry and Cavalry supported by Elmer Bernstein`s quite disappointing score.These images are impressive and bode quite well for the actual battle, which when it does take place makes full-use of hundreds of extras and looks fantastic.No C.G.I. here and it probably looks better for it.Well it does look fantastic and is undoubtedly the films` strong… more »

It`s a solid enough re-telling of the story but most of the characters are quite bland or feel slightly manufactured-Bob Hoskins tries a bit too hard to step into the shoes of Colour Sergeant Bourne ,Burt Lancaster hails from a previously undiscovered part of Earth judging by his accent and Private Williams is just so damn annoying you can`t wait for the Zulu`s to crack him over the head with something.Peter `o Toole is suitably dignified and arrogant although the most interesting character by far is Noggs(Ronald Lacey)

Despite perhaps a bit too much of early tea and cricket the invasion finally kicks off with masses of British Infantry and Cavalry supported by Elmer Bernstein`s quite disappointing score.These images are impressive and bode quite well for the actual battle, which when it does take place makes full-use of hundreds of extras and looks fantastic.No C.G.I. here and it probably looks better for it.Well it does look fantastic and is undoubtedly the films` strong point but thanks to the cropped grainy uk dvd the image is disasterously ruined.This is one of the best examples of any film I`ve seen that uses the full widescreen ratio 2:35:1 to it`s optimum and it needs to be seen in that format.The French region 2 dvd(L`Ultime Attaque), which has English audio, does this superbly and is worth tracking down.Maybe we could have a uk release with the correct ratio please.