Product Details

• Actors: Sean Bean, Pete Postlethwaite, Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser, Michael Byrne
• Directors: Tom Clegg
• Writers: Bernard Cornwell, Eoghan Harris
• Producers: Malcolm Craddock, Muir Sutherland, Simon Lewis, Ted Childs
• Format: Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: BFS Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 25, 2000
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004U3UN
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,741 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Sharpe's Enemy" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Portugal 1813. Wellington sends sharpe on a mission to free isabella from the gang of deserters who have taken her hostage. Dvd features not listed. Studio: Bfs Ent & Multimedia Limi Release Date: 07/25/2000 Starring: Sean Bean Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Movie? No Way!!!, May 13, 2001

By	David R. Seid "drseid" (Fairfax, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Let me just get to the point... Sharpe's Enemy is my favorite Sharpe movie in the series (and I have seen all of them).Quite frankly, I have no idea why the reviewer a couple reviews below could rate this series 1 star and say it has not a single good actor in it... Sean Bean is superb in the role of Richard Sharpe (and this holds true for all episodes). Pete Postlethwaite is my favorite villan as the monsterous Obediah Hakeswill and Daragh O'Malley is as steady as ever as Sharpe's dependable sergent. In short, Sharpe's Enemy has one of the best ensemble casts ever assembled!More importantly, the story, based on the superb Bernard Cornwell novel, is gripping and action packed. Quite frankly, TV does not get better than this... I have watched this TV movie tens of times and I still am thrilled every time.I highly recommend Sharpe's Enemy and the rest of the Sharpe's series. Also recommended if you like these kinds of movies is the Horatio Hornblower series. Very similar kinds of storylines (with equally good group acting), but at sea...

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Major Sharpe Rules, August 10, 2000

By	Ken Bailey "mikoyan" (Ypsilanti, MI United States) - See all my reviews

I hate to use a title like this, but Richard Sharpe rules. Yet again he has to prove that he is just as capable an officer as the bought officers. Again he rises to the challenge. This is probably the best of the 4 DVD's that are released so far. There certainly was more action in this one (not that other's are lacking in the action department). The DVD is really good. The picture quality is good for being from a TV show and the sound is really good too. Again, I'll say that it would have been better had it been done in Dolby 5.1, but oh well. I'll take a good story and acting over effects any day.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent history, excellent story, November 1, 2001

By	Randy Gibson (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

Bernard Cornwell's stories of Richard Sharpe do a fantastic job of bringing Napoleonic warfare to the screen. As a special unattached officer serving Wellington, this is one of Sharpe's most exciting adventures. He has to effect the rescue of two hostages, the wives of both an English and French officer, defeat a desperate band of deserters led by his nemesis, Hakeswill, then fight off a French reconaissance force. He does it in the usual style -- a little bluff, a little swashbuckling, and some brilliant tactics. One of the most enjoyable scenes is the one in which a French general explains to the wife of one of his officers how Napoleonic combined arms tactics work using peas on a plate -- then Sharpe promptly undoes his tactics. This is one of the most compelling and exciting films of the entire series.