What the hell would Rex Reed know about what a “good” war film was like? As far as I am aware Rex Reed never served a day in the military in his life.
Back in 1968, Rex Reed edited a book reviewing many of the movies on late night TV.
Since ZULU had just been shown on TV I opened to see what he said about it.
His review was something like this...(Not an actual quote but the meaning was the same)
“Why would ANYONE put such a movie on TV in these (1968) racially charged times!”
I did not buy his book.