Zulu - I hadn't seen Zulu in years but have been wanting to revisit it. I remember being super impressed with it the first time and am fully aware that the passage of time can alter your overall take. But it's held up remarkably well and recounts the events leading up to and the actual Battle of Rorke's Drift. Otherwise known as the English defence of the Christian mission station at Rorkes Drift in the British colony of Natal in south-eastern Africa. In January of 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War just over 150 British and Colonial troops held off attacks by Zulu warriors numbering between 3 and 4 thousand. Stanley Baker stars as Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers with a young Michael Caine as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead of the 24th Regiment of Foot.
It's a workmanlike retelling with just enough details added to give it a jolt of authenticity. There are no outsized villains or saintly heroes to be found. Just the pall and the turmoil of battle. This surely made everyone sit up and take notice back in 1964.
85/100