UKのTV放映版に、アメリカや日本で放送された100分版を加えたスペシャルバージョン。
100分版には、ショーン自身のコメンタリーが入っています。

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32172 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-03-05
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 136 minutes

DVD Description
SEAN BEAN IS BACK AS THE AWARD-WINNING ADVENTURE HERO, SHARPE, IN THIS TWO DISC SPECIAL EDITION T W O D I S C S P E C I Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, there is news from India of a local Maharaja, 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 his 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...

Special Features
DISC ONE: Original Two Part Version, Behind-The-Scenes, Cut Scenes, Outtakes and Photo Gallery DISC TWO: 100 minute Film Version, Sean Bean and Daragh O’Malley Commentary, Director’s Commentary

Synopsis
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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Customer Reviews

Beans back (as Sharpe) so watch out India!
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.

meh.
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 :(

Sharpe's challenge
Its a Sharpe TV movie, and I would not miss the Yorkshireman and his Irish pal for no one.