Customer Reviews

Wonderful series - By: chuckles, 23 Oct 2008
Being a huge fan of the books, I was sceptical about the films. Sharpein the books is massive, scar on the face & black hair, with Harper even bigger. However after half the first movie, these issues were soon forgotten. The first movies you can tell were lower budget & not quite up to the standard of the others, but with good acting they got away with it. After the first 2, you see the budget increasing, & with this & a marvellous Hakeswill I really felt a whole new dimension to the novels. Especially at the new price, I highly recommend this series!

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Five stars? Come on now... - By: L. Eden, 05 Oct 2008
For those who haven't seen Sharpe, here is the general format: Sharpe gets one over some toffy, sideburned cliched red coat officer; a beautiful woman rides in, preferabley continental - Sharpe's honour dictates that he must protect her - for certainly she will at some point fall victim to an attempted rape; some whimsical irish singing is thrownin to humble us, must be accompanied by a fire & some alcohol (this is adult drama after all); Sharpe gets shot/beaten/a bit muddy but battles on through nonetheless because he's northern & tough; a no-grey-area villan - perhaps someone who talks to his mother through a hat - will pose a threat to our hero and, even better, the beautiful foreign girl; more singing; some combat - Sharpe's riffle men reign supreme, with a joke & smug experession everything's possible, they show the rest of the lads how it's done; Having overcome the hardships of war, Sharpe & his men find themselves on some gloaming landscape - end by trudging off into the sunset, putting the past behind them & looking onward to a new day, & innevitabley a new episode, unfortunatley.

It's entertaining, true, & Sean Bean provides & decent, & needless to say very sexy lead, but seriously, this is just populist tripe. It's all seedy characatures, violence & overblown heroics. Watch Hornblower, so much better.

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I love Sharpe!! - By: Lisa Boodoo, 31 Aug 2008
My boyfriend has all the books & a couple of the DVDs. I thought it wouldn't be my thing at all cos not into history or war but after watching his DVD got totally hooked & bought the box set!! Think it is totally entertaining & wish there was more to watch. Great hangover watching.

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Wot no map & booklet - By: Mr. Kevin Simpson, 28 Aug 2008
Please note that this box set NO longer includes the MAP or the BOOKLET, just the bonus disc, it must be down to cost, which is a shame. The series
is as good as ever, but my rating is only 4 stars because of the now missing map & booklet.Sharpe - The Complete Series (15 Disc Box Set)

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5 star boxset - By: Mr. D. Anderson, 26 Aug 2008
didnt watch sharpe the first time round but have watched a few episodes recently on uk tv history so i went for the 15 disc box set its a fantastic price for the amount of dvd's you get so far ive watched 5 episodes & theve been thoroughly enjoyable great acting storys scenery & battle scenes hope the rest of the episodes are as good the picture & sound quality are fantastic on both my samsung blue-ray player & samsung f1080 xeu upscailing dvd player one of the best dvd purchases ive made this year