Sharpe's Challenge (2006)
Overview
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General's daughter lie in one man's hands...
What is Sharpe's Challenge about?
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General's daughter lie in one man's hands... Sharpe's Challenge is a War, Action, Adventure, History, TV Movie movie, released on 2006-04-23, runtime 138 minutes.
Is Sharpe's Challenge worth watching?
TMDB users rate Sharpe's Challenge 6.2 out of 10 from 41 ratings. Reception is mixed-to-positive.
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Directed by
Tom Clegg
Cast
- Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe
- Padma Lakshmi as Madhuvanthi
- Daragh O'Malley as Sgt. Harper
- Toby Stephens as Dodd
- Lucy Brown as Celia Burroughs
- Michael Cochrane as Simmerson
- Hugh Fraser as Wellington
- Nicholas Blane as Crosby
- Michael Elwyn as Rawlinson
- Lex Shrapnel as Lawrence
- Peter Symonds as Burroughs
- Peter-Hugo Daly as Sergeant Shadrach Bickerstaff
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