Richard Schaefer

A great off-beat, fish out of water, comedy. Certainly one of Sandler's best...Boy...that is faint praise. Bottom line..."Prepare to laugh."

Great historical adventure mini-series with a Duck Out of Water angle. Ko-Nichiwa baby!

1964's Zulu, is certainly one of the best action films ever produced. Based upon "The Battle of Rork's Drift" in 1879. It's immediate precursor in history was, Zulu Dawn, released in 1979; which depicts the worst defeat in history, of the British Army, against a native force. The British were essentially annihilated by a much larger Zulu force. Both films were written by Cy Endfield, and Zulu was also directed by him. Both films are generally accurate; but there are also some fictional scenes, characters and other directorial liberties. These two films were the closet thing British filmmakers ever came to a "John Ford Western"...think "Fort Apache" 1948.

Nuanced, offbeat, dark-comedy. Conti is perfect in the lead and the entire cast shines.

Dark, gritty, cynical western. Popular style in the late 60's/70's. Not quite a Spaghetti Western, but almost. All in all, a pretty well acted and directed, almost haunting, film.