“The films display a lusty sense of fun, and Bean’s rough and rowdy presence makes them very entertaining.”
Hollywood Reporter – 31st August 2006.

“Bean, who often plays villains, makes a great larger-than-life hero.”
Los Angeles Daily News – 5th September 2006.

“Viewers in search of epic adventure are in luck.”
Los Angeles Advocate – 27th May 2006.

“Sharpe maintains a rakish, bawdy edge as he romances the ladies in those moments between the battles.”
Channel Guide - July 2006

“These are perfect couple films. Men will love the action and attention to detail in the battle scenes, while women will love watching Bean – a man made to wear a uniform – in the romantic title role.”
Channel Guide – July 2006

"Ah, good news: Sharpe's Challenge returns, after a gap of eight years ... This show has everything you'd expect. As well as that devilishly handsome but evil maharajah, there are bumbling, bullying, alcoholic British officers bursting out of their britches and losing their minds in the heat of the subcontinent. There are plenty of comedy Indians, some good, some bad, lots killed. There are romantic but impenetrable forts on tops of hills, belly dancers, incense and veiled women of extraordinary beauty. There's a blonde English rose as well, called Celia, whose job is to be captured, to heave her ample bosom, and to have her clothes removed at every opportunity. She falls for Mr Bean, of course - Sean, not Rowan Atkinson - in spite of his 1970s footballer's haircut and his lack of lips. And above everything, somewhere between the action and the relentless sun, vultures circle. Fabulous."
Sam Wollaston, Guardian