Director Tom Clegg
Starring Sean Bean, Daragh O’Malley, Hugh Fraser
Rated M
Score 4.5/6
- Major Sharpe’s old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out in a duel. But when the husband is found dead the next morning, Sharpe is arrested and brought before a court martial.
Having not read much of the series that movies are based on, I can only hope that there is more to Major Ducos’ hatred of Sharpe then what is portrayed on screen considering that from what I have read there are so many differences between the books and the movies.
Alice Krige (I’ve seen more work of hers then I actually realised) gave a great performance as La Marquesa. Krige had some of the best lines of the entire movie. It should be noted that the rescue scene at the monastery is one of the memorable scenes of the entire movie.
One of the memorable scenes of the movie highlighted the esteem that Sharpe’s men held him and the number of red coats it takes to keep the chosen men right where they are.