Never mind that this tribute to America’s first black Army regiment views their Civil War heroics through the eyes of a white commanding officer (Matthew Broderick).
Glory remains a striking, stirring history lesson full of epic battle scenes, impressive visuals from DoP Freddie Francis and fine performances from Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher and an Oscar-winning Denzel Washington.
Spitting rage as a runaway slave, the latter lingers long in the memory – as does the movie’s spectacular and gruelling climax, a suicidal assault on an impenetrable Confederate stronghold.
