Stars: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Toby Stephens, Padma Lakshmi

Director: Tom Clegg

Summary: 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.

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.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on May 2, 2006 6:58 PM

And about time too ! I know it has been almost 10 years since the last episode of Sharpe ( Sharpe's Waterloo ) , but you just had to hope for some Indian adventures , and there you go , it gets sorted .
Sean Bean is back up to his neck in trouble in this adventure set in the Indian continent 2 years after Waterloo . He is asked by the Duke of Wellington to investigate a local Maharaja who is threatening
British interests there and also Patrick Harper's wife has begged him to find out what has happened to her husband . Battles , baddies , bloody .

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If the fearless Richard Sharpe is the Indiana Jones of His Majesty's colonial army, then Sean Bean is the dashing, captivating Harrison Ford of the adventure series--handsome, rugged, and charismatic. Bean, who proves here he's every bit the international action star, brings his righteous determination to this installment of the popular Bernard Cornwell Sharpe series. Set in the early 19th century, when the British Empire has a lot of skirmishes to quell and rebellions to quash, Sharpe's Challengebrings our hero to remote India, where a renegade British officer has joined forces with a local rajah, wreaking havoc on civilians and His Majesty's troops as well. At the behest of the Duke of Wellington, Sharpe sets off to India on what will prove a wildly unpredictable and dangerous mission, with kidnappings, horrific assassinations (a nail into the top of the skull is a preferred method), and treachery at every turn. The cast, including Toby Stephens as Dodd, Michael Cochrane as the sneering Simmerson, the delightful Irish actor Daragh O'Malley as Sharpe's loyal sidekick, and the lovely Padma Lakshmi as a sultry force to be reckoned with, are uniformly strong. But it's Bean, with his world-weary demeanor and craggily handsome features, who commands this rollicking yarn. The film, shown on British television, was shot on location in glorious, dusty, romantic Rajasthan, India, and the whole effect is equal parts Raiders of the Lost Ark, Master and Commander, and the American TV hit House, with Bean wearing heroism and cynicism quite comfortably, thank you very much. Extras include a behind-the-scenes documentary and some deleted scenes. --A.T. Hurley

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	The Making Of, Deleted Scenes, Photo Gallery
Year:	2006
Release Date:	May 1, 2006
Runtime:	136 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	2 E D V D 0064
Keywords:	Challenge, Action, General, Romantic, Tv, Adventure, Sharpe's
Genre:	Action/Adventure