Sort of a British version of a western where the colonizers beat back the savage natives!? More and more history is questioning who was really the bad guys. The Boer war was another example of the bad guys being depicted as the good ones.

Great movie...we had a video of it when my two sons were young and they watched it constantly, and could relate most of the dialogue verbatim! Ivor Emmanuel who was a well known Welsh tenor acted the part of Private Owen who led the rousing chorus in the singing of Men Of Harlech in the movie. Incidentally....it was Michael Caine’s first movie, appearing as Lt. Gonville Bromhead V.C. There were in total 11 Victoria Crosses awarded for the Battle of Rork’s Drift, the largest number ever awarded in the British Armed Forces for a single engagement.

I would be team Zulu over the colonizers there to steal the land, gold and diamonds.

That’s an intense film, especially the siege, and historically sound. Welsh regiments were famous for their choirs, and the Zulu troops also used song to build focus and energy. Personally, I always liked the Zulu songs/chants in the movie!

. . . good movie.