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Sharpe's Challenge, 2 Disc Special Edition [2006]
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meh.
Review date: 2008-05-26 Rating: 4 out of 10
This movie helped make Sharpe popular to the newer generation of people who havnt ever heard of Sharpe, ever since it was released on tv, ll my friends began to know what i always talk about...sharpe.because i watched the movies and read about half the books and i love it.
I was so disapointed when i first bought sharpes challenge on dvd, because half way through they actualy had the credit and the 'next time' then 'previously' i mean wth it should be a movie not split into 2 just because they did on tv! i didnt like this movie as much as i thought i would but the cast was rather good considering they brought back simmerson obviously however im still upset because al the chosen men have died except harper :(
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Reviews
Beans back (as Sharpe) so watch out India!
Review date: 2007-07-06 Rating: 8 out of 10
I love the Bernard Cornwell flagship series following the military career of Richard Sharpe throught he Indian and Peninsular wars. The TV series... while good I can take it or leave it. Sean Bean isn't the Sharpe from the books but he is good in the heroic lead. This one takes him (and us) back to the Indian campaigns but with a slight twist from the novels.
In the novels Sharpe was an ordinary soldier, fairly new in the army and it was set before the Napoleonic wars but under the command of Wellington. In one of the novels he is almost killed in an ambush by a renegade ex British Soldier now working for the enemy. Sharpe survived the ambush and went on to hunt the renegade down. The ambush is here in this as a flashback but now we jump forward to well after the Napoleonic war and Wellington calls Sharpe (now retired) back to India where the renegade is now back to his old tricks again.
This double episode is everything Sharpe has always been, owes a lot to the novels but mixes several into one story, why? Well simply Sean Bean is too old to play the young Sharpe so we have to make it much later in his life. Gung ho action, a bit of love interest (but not much), an agreable bady and lots of explosions with the customary final battle. If you've seen Sharpe you know what to expect, if not, this is a good place to start even though its the last one (so far) to be made. I don't know if any more are going to follow but they have just about run out of books (well almost).
A great way to spend a few hours on a rainy afternoon.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Padma Lakshmi
Sean Bean
Toby Stephens
Daragh O'Malley
Creators:
Sean Bean (Primary Contributor)
Daragh O'Malley (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014138601638
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: Anamorphic, PAL,
Release date: 2007-03-05
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 136 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2006
Language: English (Original Language)