Sharpe's Challenge
2006
Wellington sends Sharpe to India following the news of unrest in the country. Sharpe finds himself tasked with saving a general's daughter and keeping a beautiful scheming woman at arms length. Read more
| Starring | Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Toby Stephens, Padma Lakshmi |
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| Director | Tom Clegg |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Romance |
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Sharpe's Challenge
Wellington sends Sharpe to India following the news of unrest in the country. Sharpe finds himself tasked with saving a general's daughter and keeping a beautiful scheming woman at arms length.
| Starring | Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Toby Stephens, Padma Lakshmi |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Clegg |
| Studio | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 16 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 18 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 01 May 2006 Blu-ray: 06 Apr 2009 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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19 out of 29 people found this review helpful
Poor. Not for anyone who has read the books
It's nice to see Sharpe back.
But why, oh why, oh why destroy it with this feeble offering?
This production is made using the first 3 Bernard Cornwall Sharpe books. A bit from here, a bit there and a bit made up. I've always thought the beauty of the Sharpe series was it's routes being based in TRUE history. This program is utter rubbish.
Sharpe starts off being summoned before Wellington and being told to settle some Indian uprising that's going on and since Sharpe's wife, Lucielle, has died and another British officer is out there (guess who?) Sharpe decides to revisit his past.
We have a flashback to 20 years earlier (Sean Bean, not looking a day younger - why not use a younger actor?) to a massacre where Sharpe first meets Major Dodd. Dodd escapes and turns up again to fight Sharpe in a battle that somewhat resembles what happened to Sharpe in Seringapatam - Swap Hakeswill for Bickerstaff and Lawford for Harper - unfortunatly these swaps don't work out and lead to situations which don't entirely make sense - if you're paying attention.
It would've been a million times better had it been narrated by Sean Bean and we could have been more true to the books (and history) and have a young Sharpe played by someone else. -
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Sharpe and Harper are back!
Sean Bean has become a Hollywood star since Sharpe's Waterloo, but now he is back in the role that defined him and, in my opinion, the role that he plays best. Pulled out of retirement Sharpe is sent to India and reunited with Pat Harper, and comes face to face with a man who attempted to kill him. Still looked down upon as being an officer risen from the ranks, Sharpe remains the tough and honourable soldier he was during the Napoleonic Wars.
Having only watched the first part (the next is not aired until next week), I have to say that this has lived up to expectations as a fan of the Sharpe series! Sean Bean and Daragh O'Malley have slipped back into their roles as Sharpe and Harper like they have never been away! If you missed it on ITV, rent the DVD! -
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