mignonnebusser Really terrible accents from the international actors - especially Bloom and Forest. A general misrepresentation of Cape Town life. I feel that almost every race was wrongly represented. The film was overly violent and inappropriatly sexual.I would not recommend this film to anyone - expecally if they are trying to catch a glimpse of South Africa. They paint South Africa as a nation of drug dealers and planners of violent crimes, which we certainly are not.

Georges Drouet Excellent movie that mixes today's modern South Africa with the story of repression over black people through the apartheid and the way it has left scars in the collective memory.Orlando Bloom plays a excellent role that reminds his family's past and the loneliness of a kid involved in the struggle of liberty. Forest Whitaker plays all his talent as a cop carrying all the sadness of the apartheid, packed of emotion with the exact restraint that brings his character to perfection.This movie is one of the best I have seen in a while, photo, sound, details, all is perfectly balanced between action and emotion.Warmly recommended!

jimbo-53-186511 Officers Ali Sokhela (Forest Whitaker) and Brian Epkeen (Orlando Bloom) begin investigating the death of a young woman who has been killed by an illegal drug that has recently been supplied to her. In addition to investigating her death, Sokhela and Epkeen also discover that several black people within the area are also either dying or disappearing in mysterious circumstances. Both officers believe that there is a link between the woman's death and the deaths involving black people and set about trying to establish how all the deaths are connected....Given South Africa's rather turbulent and fraught history regarding its 'race-relations' policy a film like Zulu can either be seen as brave or misguided. As an open-minded person myself I tried to view this film objectively and basically take it for what it is and sadly even going in with this forgiving mind-set I still left feeling rather disappointed....For a start the story is unbearably slow and just isn't that compelling (all this despite the fact that it is possibly interesting when looked upon from a recent historical perspective). I haven't read the book and therefore I can't comment on how the characters are perceived in the original source material, but in this film with Whitaker and Bloom I felt like the screenwriters were attempting to portray their characters similar to Murtagh and Riggs from Lethal Weapon - this is more noticeable with Bloom who is the unhinged, gung-ho police officer with a drink problem. The difference between these two films is that Riggs was better developed in Lethal Weapon in that we at least understand why he behaved the way that he did? Bloom's character shares similar traits, but we're never really given any explanation as to why he is the way that he is? Is it because his marriage broke down? The problematic relationship with his child was badly handled and his constant visits to his ex-wife were distracting and often dragged the story in a direction that it didn't need to go in. All this makes him hard to take to as a character and even harder to like or care about. Forest Whitaker gives another good performance and his character is slightly better developed, but again he isn't a particularly interesting character (the most interesting thing about watching his performance was seeing his Idi Amin accent come out of retirement once more).Once I'd made the analogy between the two cops here and the two cops in Lethal Weapon it only reminded me of how dull this film is in comparison. Whilst it may be set during a rather important period in South Africa's history the film sadly is held back by dull and uninteresting characters, and a story that isn't as compelling as it may seem due to its rather plodding nature.

dfn-1992 I had never heard about this particular film when it appeared on television. Zulu is set in modern post-apartheid-South Africa and evolves about two main characters played by Forrest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom.I guess this title never made it to theaters, not in my native country Denmark, at least. But star names like Whitaker and Bloom, I think give this movie the necessary attention in order to be exposed to a large audience. The movie it self is rather cliché with Bloom playing an alcoholic- divorced-and miserable detective who has massive problems in his private life but is quite capable in his profession. However, the movie raises above the typical TV-crime thriller not only in terms of stars in the leading roles, but in it's overall cinematic feel. Some scenes turn surprisingly violent and have a change of pace, as well.However, the movie is not only rather cliché, but quite predictable, as well. There is a scene in which Whitaker's character decides to singlehandedly kill a bunch of criminals and knocks Bloom's character out because he will not let him self be stopped by Bloom's character. I one is familiar with your typical action thriller one can very easily predict that Bloom's character is soon going to appear later on and safe the character of Whitaker from a close call.But overall, Zulu is a decent movie. Not much new here, but the movie is quite entertaining and delivers what one might expect from a second- rate piece of cinema.