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I went to see Zulu the other night in Paris having never heard of it, but intrigued enough by the cast and the brief synopsis I read at the cinema. It was just after the death of Mandela so I liked the idea of seeing something set in South Africa. First of all- the film had me for the whole time, the premise was intriguing and both Whitaker and Bloom provide excellent tension throughout. It was well paced and fairly unpredictable. The plot here is relatively thin- they start in true film noir fashion with the murder of a girl and follows with the tried and true tradition of jaded detective partners working the case. There is not much more to it than that. However, the film is more interested in the political and social world of Cape Town, and does this pretty well whilst maintaining the gripping action. The characters also are well developed, in particular Bloom as the booze soaked apathetic detective who keeps falling deeper and deeper into the seedy underbelly he's investigating (much like a Raymond Chandler character). I have the hon our of being the first to write a review of this, I also noted that there is nothing yet on rotten tomatoes. So as the first cab out of the rank, this is a well played and watchable flick, it is flawed but with the best of intentions... A good way to spend your night!

This is a very good movie. There, I said it. Let me say it again: this is a very good movie.

If I can identify one weak point, then I will point to the script that at times introduces some plot elements that rapidly fill in the blanks to advance the story. However, the script more than makes up for that minor problem by revealing complexity to the Whitaker and Bloom characters in a subtle way that makes us truly care about the two cops they portray.

Whitaker is very good, establishing a character then staying true to what he presents initially. If you like watching the mature Forest Whitaker do his thing then you will enjoy this movie.

However, to me this is Orlando Bloom's movie to carry, and he scores big time. If you are one of those that enjoys Orlando then this is a movie for you. All of that time he has spent adding to his bank account with fluffy roles has also brought him to this point where he can truly pull off a major role with skill.

Zulu is set in modern day South Africa and the portrait of that nation isn't pretty at all. Further, it is pretty easy to see that the social problems the film deals with are not only current but real and accurate. Zulu isn't just a who-done-it, but a powerful indictment of the causes of the subject crime embedded deep in 20th century history.

Like all good cop movies there is some redemption at the end so fear not in the middle, if you find yourself a little depressed. Stick it out and you will feel a little redemption yourself, maybe a little hope.

I see that the budget was $20 million and I think the producers got a great deal of worth for their investment. Problematic I guess is distribution of a cop film set in South Africa with some pretty harsh elements, at least to American audiences. Fortunately, for a few bucks in the near future you can watch it online.

Go see it if it at all sounds like your cup of tea, I promise you that you will enjoy it.

The one serious flaw in the film is that at least half of the dialog is in Xhosa, Afrikaans, or Tswana ( or who-knows-what, South Africa having a dozen or so common languages) with no translations in the subtitles. Some of the dialog switches from English to Afrikaans in the same sentence by the same speaker. It could be said that English is the main language used, but that's just an estimate.

The two actors familiar to American viewers are Forrest Whittaker and Orlando Bloom and they also mix English and Afrikaans in the same sentences with no help in the subtitles. Entire scenes with the criminal gang members and/or the security goons speaking among themselves, conversations and not just a few words, are just unintelligible and I have no idea what is transpiring. The subtitles read "speaking foreign language". That isn't much help for viewers who don't know the language(s) being spoken.

The story suffers from this lack of translation, but the main points of the plot can be guessed, at least some of the time. Actually, it's a foreign language film (to a wide range of people no matter their main language) with no subtitles.

It's a good film, the language problem aside. The conspiracy at the heart of the story remains obscure to me. I blame that on my own lack of ability with languages and my limited imagination.

I lucked up on this piece of good cinema a year ago & I finally bought the DVD Region 2 of course, this film pacing is good the characters are spot on & the subject matter is great, post apartheid South Africa is the Wild West. Forest Whitaker & Orlando Bloom give spot on performances, this is a good Non-Hollywood production worth it's weight in gold.

The novelist Caryl Ferey, from whom the film has adapted one of his book, is French and specialized in brutal, dark, gloomy serial killer stories taking place in New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina.... Anywhere but France or Europe where cultural, social and political matters lead to collapse of the society. This writer is a great traveler, very accurate in his description, very poignant in his character depiction, and so far only ZULU has been put on screen. And the movie is rather faithful to the book: action, sequences and atmosphere, overall genuine soul of this amazing story. It is a mystical topic, not only a crime, investigation scheme,,and also a study of South Africa social, ethnological situation. It is question of a deep analysis of the political collapse of this country in the decades after the fall of Apartheid. A semi documentary thru the prism of a bloody and dark serial killer tale, which is a pretext to make a deep and desperate description of this country.

This was a very good film indeed. The story was OK, set just after the passing of Mandela, the environment was very interesting. The main stars were the cast, nearly everyone surpassed expectations. Forest Whitaker takes the show as well as Orlando Bloom.

Tell you the truth I was surprised by Orlando Bloom,I have seen him in various films and TV shows but this role was completely opposite of what he usually does, I wasn't 100% sure it was him until the credits rolled, well impressed indeed.

I would recommend this film.

It a great mix of action, emotions and hard truths.

Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker are both actors that seem to have starred in movies that did not let their real character shine but Zulu brings out a lively and believable performance from both actors as well as the cast.

This movie stays true to the harsh reality of life in Africa were legacy of violence and inequality is felt today. You had better get use to the fact that this is Africa!!! and human life is as worth much as the next gold coin you can bite.

Although Orlando's cop character felt a bit cliché with the liquor and sleeping around. Ultimately it did not distract from the story. The story has a great pace which builds up showing how when you pull the thread of crime you can unravel a whole lot more than you bargained for. I like how they used a multi-ethnic cast to display the reality of society in South Africa.

Harsh, brutal and realistic display of fighting crime in South Africa definitely one to watch if you get tired of all those New York cop dramas.

"Zulu" is a Crime - Drama movie in which we watch two policemen investigating a brutal murder and they soon starting to reveal the truth behind it and every secret that lays with it. Drugs, gangs and more disappearances of people will be reveled and they have to search a lot in order to find the truth.

I liked this movie very much because it had a very interesting plot with much of suspense and many plot twists that made it even more interesting. Regarding the interpretations of the cast, I have to say that Orlando Bloom who played as Brian Epkeen was the surprise for me because I did not expect him to be so good. Forest Whitaker who played as Ali Sokhela was for one more time simply amazing and his interpretation left me speechless. The direction which was made by Jérôme Salle was very good and I enjoyed the way he presented not only the crimes that happened in this movie but also the political scene behind them and the truth about South Africa and especially Cape Town. He showed South Africa from a different perspective and that is something that he deserves credit for.

Wow! Hollywood is expanding and seeking out new environments. This time Orlando Bloom and Forest Whittaker are sent to South Africa - into a dark the sinister Apartheid leftovers.

Great acting by both of them. Great photo and great plot. Violent, although probably not violent enough to do the setting justice, and grim. Tough lives and tough country. No country for weak men.

Please make more of this kind. Please allow the actors from the Lord of The Ring, and such, to really show what they are capable of - instead of hiding behind special effects.

See it!

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The good aspect of this film, Bloom found a way out of his "Legolas and the 7 Smurfs" image. Quiet good acting from him and his partner Whitaker in this policier. Under the line I even would say that movie was somewhat entertaining and therefore not lost time or money. On the other hand it is so full of clichées, that you here and there need to smile. That smile will fade then quickly when the next one got shot, tortured or something cut off his body. I would say a 6.5 at best but as this is not an option I give it a 6. To good to be bad and to bad to be good. And to fill the 10 lines of text, I can add that it was interesting to see some surroundings of South Africa but not enough to go therefore in Cinema. DVD will do it, unless you are a huge Orlando Bloom Fan.

The name of this movie sounded like 100 other movies and the cover looked quite ordinary, the movie was another story altogether amazing. I have seen quite a few movies with Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker, but this movie in particular their talent in the lens and superior acting skills really blossomed.

Zulu was very well directed somehow the director kept the story full of action yet dramatic in a real down to earth way. Like this was a true story. Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom made quite an impression on me being they have been in a lot of big hits I thought they might remind me of other characters from another movie. "Not So Here"

I have not seen a good movie in a while so this was very refreshing a real gem of a movie. I recommend Zulu very highly, enjoy!

I was interested enough to watch this movie for several factors, like the cast (Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker), the South African setting, and the fact that the filmmakers were not American - the last two factors promising that the film would feel a lot different than Hollywood product. But to be honest, I kind of felt let down by what I saw. The main problem with the movie is that there is a distinct lack of tension and urgency for the most part. Yes, there is some brutal violence here and there, but otherwise the movie felt kind of soft and slow, and I found it hard to get involved with the story. Also, while the South African backdrop does definitely provide some color and originality, at the same time the movie more often than not feels and looks like a television show. A respectfully budgeted TV show, but a TV show all the same. While I wouldn't immediately say no to watching something else by these same filmmakers, I would hope that they would have learned from their mistakes here.

All action and gritty thriller with excellent cast and location filming. Nothing not to like and no time to look at your watch.

Well worth your time

An adaptation of a novel by a French writer, Zulu sees two detectives Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the murder and rape of a white. They soon find out that the killings are related to a new drug that causes behavioural changes and it seems that the use of the drug has gone out of control leading to gang warfare. A shady security firm is placing obstacles on the progress of the investigation.

This is a visceral and hard hitting film set in Cape Town. During the Apartheid era filming in South Africa was not allowed although that did not stop some stars from committing pro celebrity sanctions busting. Since the ending of apartheid very few films have been made actually set in South Africa.

This feels like Cape Town, the opening scenes at Kirstenbosch gardens on the foot of the Table mountain. A slimmed down Forest Whitaker plays Ali a person haunted by events in his past and working in a multiracial police force even though his bosses were the racists under the old regime.

Orlando Bloom plays Brian, someone who has relationship issues and money issues.

Bloom and Whitaker make a good pairing, the screenplay tries to imbue the complexities of the novel to the characters but it gets silly at the latter part of the film where the film resembles more like a wild west shootout and neither of our police officers have heard the concept of calling for back up as they go guns blazing on their own or in the finale with a pump action shotgun against a private army.

Good acting (not SA so I can't judge the credibility of the accents). Interesting because it is set in South Africa and gives glimpses into nieghbourhoods, beaches, post apartheid society and tensions. It just got to a point that it had too many scenes of extremely harsh and cruel violence, that it made me feel uneasy and stole the attention from the story, like a less glamorous Kill Bill.

i don't know what film the idiots who review this movie here watched, i can say in all honesty this is one of the best Drama of 2013 and very good production money well spend. i will give 10 stars if not for over acting in some scenes but this is due to script flaws i think. director is not known to me but he can be proud of the job he has done, style of camera use in action scenes reminded me POINT BREAK but way better, gun fights felt of those in western movies and was very tense. character development was the best thing about this movie you felt for every one most of all Orlando Bloom he has done a great job portraying a failed tortured soul as same as Mel Gibson did in first Lethal Weapon. i am guessing most people did not understand Forest Whitaker, his suffering and the way he acted at the and of the movie i did, this is why i loved the ending character Forest Whitaker played suffered in silence for 40 years then at the end he realised everything he suffered was due to certain evil man and he decided there was only one way to stopped them then he took action to do so with no remorse. i will recommend this movie to any one over 18 due to very disturbing scenes.

At first look, it looks like two detectives out to solve a murder case but as the movie and events unfold the plot gets murkier.The movie does not have the punch to the likes of "The fugitive" or " The Bone collector".It is slow in pace and the last 10 minutes makes it look like a Hollywood flick in the likes of Clint Eastwood.After watching the movie; you will have a notion that it is a take from real life events although it's fictional. Drug abuse is the core of the movie-In this case drugs are used to eradicate a race in itself. The movie concentrates on efforts by the duo detectives to nail the perpetrators and they do it effortlessly in the end.Worth a watch anyway.

I really enjoyed it and made me miss home. Good quality production and acting. Orlando plays a good role as a washed up detective.

This movie couldn't be further from the truth.

It is very clear that this is a story conceived with American culture in mind and then adapted to the racism, drug trafficking of South Africa.

The performances are unrealistic to real life in Cape Town (and lets bear in mind that Cape Town is a social beat unlike any other South African city), it is a mess.

People do their best to avoid each other or getting involved with the law. The black stripper girl scene would never happen in South Africa. The girl on the horse/beach scene would never happen in South Africa.

If a woman on a horse sees a strange man lurking around an abandoned building on a relatively quiet beach, it is common South African and especially Cape Town sense to steer very clear and just chalk it up to a guy going for a pee.

There is not a chance that she would approach the guy, question the guy and then trust to meet the guy at a police station without ever seeing a badge! That is just utter fantasy.

What I am getting at here is that this story it terribly forced, it it clearly written by someone who has never lived in South Africa or if they have, they do not have a very keen eye and sense for what makes South African people South African people.

Apart from the star cast of Mr Bloom and Mr Whitaker, The rest of the cast is a bevy of B grade actors that made it into the film compliments from the ever-present Capetonian nepotism.

If you look up the SA cast you will find a very intricate web of people that went to school together or are directly linked via blood or some close friend.

Unfortunately the cast director for Zulu was not presented with a list of the best actors it could buy, but a list of 'who thinks they are who' on the Cape Town social/film scene.

It makes me very sad as I was looking forward to watching this film and seeing somebody tackle this subject, but it is clear to me that this film is an even worse botch than The Tourist ever was.