Watching
“Zulu Dawn,” now out on Blu-ray, you get the distinct impression that this is a
British version of frontier mythology. Instead of the wide, wild American west,
you’re given Britain’s colonialism in Africa. Even the music feels like a
sweeping western score. The 1979 prequel to “Zulu” rides the line between being
a pure artifact of a bygone era—one that depicts a romanticized, unrealistic
version of the time—and a modern, revisionist take that strives for a more
accurate portrayal of historical reality.
