Sharpe's Challenge: Part 2

(Review is of both parts).

1817. Sharpe has retired from the army but is summoned by the Duke of Wellington for an important mission. An agent in India has gone missing while trying to track down a traitorous British officer now advising a rebellious local leader. That agent is Sharpe's old friend Patrick Harper. In India things are complicated when the daughter of the commanding general is kidnapped.

I wasn't expecting much from this. The Battle of Waterloo was the ideal way to end Sharpe's story and Sharpe's Waterloo made for a decent finale. So when this was made nine years after Sharpe's Waterloo it seemed unnecessary and just a cash grab.

However, it's not bad. Like many Sharpe episodes the plot is a bit shaky at times but there've been worse episodes in that regard. The action scenes are great, there's great momentum and the film is never dull. We also have Toby Stephens, of Black Sails fame, putting in a solid performance as the turncoat British officer.

Highly entertaining.