Zulu Dawn (1979) Reviews & Ratings

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Zulu Dawn reviews

Zulu Dawn holds a 6.1/10 average from 122 TMDB ratings.

Though certainly epic in cinematographic terms, this is a really meandering and over-cast depiction of the Zulu defeat of the British garrison at Isandlwana at the end of the 19th century. I'm assuming it was made as a precursor of - and to capitalise upon - the far superior "Zulu" (1964) but right from the get-go it's just wordy and ponderous and, well, lacklustre. Peter O'Toole does exude a certain arrogance in hi…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

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