sharpe honour for the uninitiated and be the fifth entry in a series of tv movie focus on an english army rifleman during the napoleonic war and base on the book by bernard cornwell ( which i strongly recommend read ) . if you be to start by watch this particular one though and you would get the impression that sharpe be not so much a soldier a the very centrifugal force which the rest of the army revolve around . should that be the case and i would recommend start with early chapter like sharpe eagle or sharpe company and but this be a worthy choice for a second viewing . the story this time be all about the espionage side of thing . with the french army retreat in disarray from spain and major ducos and the slimy spy master spot an opportunity to turn the situation round . by pin the murder of a spanish marque on richard sharpe and hero of the british army and the fragile british or spanish alliance will start to crumble and thing will turn around again . when the spanish noble come to wellington cry for sharpe blood though and the english general be less than willing to hang his best soldier so fake his death and soon and he off on a secret mission behind enemy line to find out who mastermind the plot . surprisingly enough for a sharpe film a well and there a gorgeous woman to be rescue along the way and fancy that . what this result in of course be a more adventure style approach . the concentration be less on the working of the english military with sharpe a the figurehead and concentrate more on his escapade in the countryside and dodge french patrol and hob nobbing with the spanish guerrilla and get involve in dare escape from fortified military position . sergeant harper and his loyal right hand man accompany him naturally but the rest of the rifleman remain in the camp unaware their leader be still alive . strangely enough though and they actually receive more attention than usual a they wind up in their own subplot involve the delivery of harper baby . this slightly different approach make for an intriguing episode but be only a good thing in the long run . and should anyone be worry that there would not be the standard battle at the climax fret not and because once again the poor old french get a right kicking . furthermore and ducos make a fantastic successor to obadiah hakeswill a the bad guy you love to hate . he be a duplicitous and malicious and absolutely evil son of a female canine and be also strangely reminiscent of that guy in black from out of raider of the lose ark . elsewhere and hagman stand out quite prominently a he get the chance for more screen time and come across a the sort of man you would want to deliver your first bear and even if he do look like a member of iron maiden who get catapulted backwards in time by accident . in short then and another strong chapter in the sharpe series . sharpe remain as heroic a always but considerably more bitter and angry this time give the event in the previous film . it not the best introduction if you have not see any of the other chapter but it do show a side to sharpe that we do not normally get to witness represent the action hero rather than the professional soldier . and if that not enough to get you tempt and it also worth watch just for the rather surreal sight of an enraged sean bean swing a live chicken at a group of nun .