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Sharpe's Justice | 
| Director: Tom Clegg
Actors: Sean Bean, Daragh O'malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Caroline Langrishe, Philip Glenister
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 53793
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: D98645D
ISBN: 0773316450
UPC: 066805916458
EAN: 9780773316454
ASIN: B00005BGRU
Theatrical Release Date: August 19, 2006
Release Date: May 1, 2001
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Description
Sharpe is back in England with his reputation fully restored. He is ordered to the north where he is to command the local militia in a troubled town. It is here that Sharpe faces an agonizing decision - whether to side with the town's corrupt gentry or to support his own kind, the rough and tough of the world who are abused by their superiors.
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Uneven, but looks good December 16, 2008
kristin724 (New Jersey USA)
After his Revenge and before Waterloo producers of the BBC's Sharpe series tried one more time for an original episode. Taking pieces of Sharpe's history from the Cornwell novels, writer Patrick Harbinson and director Tom Clegg present an uneven mix of Sharpe's past, present, and future with Sharpe's Justice.
Now that Napoleon is in exile in Elba, Major Sharpe (Sean Bean) is posted to his old Yorkshire haunts in support of mill owner Parfitt (Tony Haygarth) and his punky yeoman Wickham (Douglas Henshall). Fellow Yorkshire man Matt Truman (Philip Glenister), however, has inspired the factory workers and other poor townsfolk to rise up against the rich. Even homeless rifleman Daniel Hagman(John Tams) joins this cause. Sharpe is soon torn between friends from his past and the high society pressing him, including Lady Anne Camoynes (Caroline Langrishe) and his wayward wife Jane (Abigail Cruttenden).
It's a lot to cover in one show; Sharpe's family, the state of the war at home, Jane's attempt to climb the social ladder. Despite its effort to show us where Sharpe came from, Sharpe's Justice is not an introductory episode. Nor is it necessarily all about how Sharpe became Sharpe. We've watched twelve previous shows to witness that. Justice is also trying to tie up lose ends in what was then the second to last episode of the series. Hagman and ever present Sergeant Patrick Harper have their moments, and Richard finally confronts Jane about her leaving him and robbing him blind. Is Justice looking towards the old or setting up for the new? You make the call.
At last I have praise for Abigail Cruttenden as Jane. The high society she craved is not exactly what it seems, and in retrospect, life with Sharpe was a lot more passionate. Cruttenden is perfect now that Jane is put in her place and pouting at Sharpe. Bean also continues to shine through the internal conflicts of Richard Sharpe. He is uncomfortable with his past, more likely ashamed. As proud as Sharpe should be of all his accomplishments, he is also once again a man with out a place, a jilted soldier with no one but the wrong people to fight. I would have liked more from Glenister as the Matt Truman. He's little more than a pot faced, toothless, cranky English guy. Karen Meagher as Sally Bunting is also the typical mousy type. They are cute and relate-able, but there could be deep moving characters here. Is this too much to expect from an original Sharpe movie? Maybe- but not from the novels.
After so many episodes of war in Spain and Portugal, it is however a pleasant treat to see Regency England again. The down trodden villages are perhaps small scale, but the dirty and dark looks contrast perfectly with the lush and pomp of the rich mansions and estates. The candlelight in Justice is done perfectly. It's dark in the low pubs, the only source of light and heat; yet it is also elegant and bright amid party parlors and chandeliers. I must also say that Sharpe and Harper look smashing on horseback. The beautiful animals and wooded locales give Justice a fine touch. We do see a bit of what Sharpe has been fighting for all these years-yes the pomp of England, but also the lovely country itself and a people in need of hope.
Sharpe's Justice doesn't get super deep or serious, but since when does that stop one's enjoyment of this show? There's plenty of action, romance, and period drama, even if Justice never decides what direction it's really taking. It's as if Revenge, Justice, and Waterloo are meant as one film in three parts. Each gets us one step closer to the end while honoring this crazy Napoleonic ride we've been on. The DVDs are available in box set or as part of the complete collection. Justice is not the place to introduce a new viewer to Sharpe, but it's a must for any Sharpe enthusiast.
Sharpe Justice September 13, 2008
B. R. Hewitt (Tampa, Florida)
This product meets all requirements, I have viewed it, disk is average. Price is average, handling and shipping fees are average.
 Sharpes' Justice - a flop January 30, 2008
Junius (London, Middlesex United Kingdom)
Sharpe's Justice is an oddity in that it is set in England in 1814, with the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution and social unrest.
It doesn't work well, though.
The Peterloo massacre, in which yeomanry killed several people and injured many more in Manchester in 1819 is relocated here in Keighley Town Square in 1814.
Sharpe gets the blame, but in reality, the Prince Regent, Home Secretary and others appplauded this action as a necessary one against revolutionaries.
The brother of Sharpe is introduced, briefly, and coincidence throws Rossendale and Jane back into Sharpe's remit. Rossendale is said to have been a friend of Sharpe, and though he briefly appeared in Sharpe's Regiment, I think, he was hardly on close terms with our hero.
The conclusion is rather fudged. Sharpe changes sides, but when we discover the villains are who they are, he's welcomed back by a decent specimen of the gentry.
Finally, Sharpe would not have been allowed to flit back to France at the end of the story because he would have been needed for trials, inquests and enquiries into the numerous unlawful deaths which occur n this story.
This story can easily be missed as the viewer finishes Sharpe's Justice and can go straight to Waterloo without missing anything of importance. When first screened, I missed this on without loss.
Dreadful and substandard--A disappointment August 28, 2006
Army Veteran USA (USA)
As an insight into the exploited class conflict of the pre-Industrial Revolution and hypocrisy of the Crown, this is useful; as a DVD and as a Sharpe "adventure", this is best rented or better yet obtained without charge from a public library. It is overly long, often a bore and trite and on the whole a disappointing waste of otherwise superb talent.
Great film with anoying evil characters May 17, 2005
Duke Win
The film is worthy to be included with the other Sharpe's collections. What I noticed the most about this film and the ones after this one in the series are that the bad guys are starting to be anoying characters. What I mean is that they tend to be wimps, cowards, and scheming all the time. It hardly matches that of the bad guys in the other films where they fight for the wrong side but atleast they contain some sort of solder's honor.
I would consider this film the epiloge of the whole colection. The Waterloo episode spikes up in action again but this one feels more like an ending to all of the episodes. The plot is a bit old fashioned where he goes and looks for his mom's indentity and ends up being involved in a conflict between landowners and peasants.
The customes in all of these series are always a plus and seems to come straight from the theaters themselves. The details are rich as well as the plot. This episode wasn't my most favorite and it isn't my least favorite but it falls nicely in between and lenghtens your love for the Sharpe series.
I recomend this one as long as you've seen the other ones first.
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