Horatio Hornblower - The Adventure Continues

Starring:Ioan Gruffudd, David Warner, Robert Lindsay (II), Nicholas Jones, Paul McGann, Jamie Bamber, Terence Corrigan, Philip Glenister, David Rintoul, Sean Gilder, Paul Copley, Antonio Gil-Martinez, Ian McElhinney, Paul Brightwell, Gilly Gilchrist, Katia Caballero, John Castle (II), Hugh Quarshie
Director: Andrew Grieve
Studio: A&E Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

Ioan Gruffudd (Titanic) returns to action as C.S. Forester's swashbuckling naval hero Horation Hornblower in these two brand-new lavishly produced films which continue A&E's Emmy Award-winning series. Following his rapid rise through the ranks of the King's Navy during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, Hornblower's latest adventures chart a course for unexpected peril as he confronts deadly new adversaries - on both land and sea.

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Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, and David Warner.
Directed By: Andrew Grieve.
Running Time: 200 Min., Color.
This film is presented in "Standard" format.
Copyright 2001 A&E Home Video.

Format: DVD MOVIE

Amazon.com

Move over, Mr. Darcy, A&E has a new heartthrob. He's third lieutenant Horatio Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd reprising his star-making role), C.S. Forester's swashbuckling hero of the high seas. Devotees of the original Emmy Award-winning miniseries will want to "have at" this boxed set containing two feature-length episodes in which the dashing Hornblower and crew engage in "foolhardy actions, rash judgments, and irresponsible adventures." "Mutiny" finds our young hero awaiting trial for "black bloody mutiny" against a once distinguished, but increasingly unhinged Captain Sawyer (David Warner). "It was for the good of the service," Hornblower insists to his mentor, Sir Edward Pellew (Robert Lindsay). "We were headed for disaster." Hornblower relates the events that led him to a Kingston, Jamaica, prison cell. In "Retribution," Hornblower's trial unfolds, and the events surrounding the mutiny are further revealed: Captain Sawyer is detained in a straitjacket, disgruntled crew members desert, dithering acting captain Butland assumes command, and Hornblower leads a surprise attack on a Spanish fort. Meanwhile, the judges look for a scapegoat "to take away the smell." Maritime buffs will have a merry time, with all the shipboard intrigue and skirmishes. Like the "hot shot" that disables an escaping enemy vessel, this boxed set will be "a palpable hit." --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews:

Dissapointed.......2006-12-29

A longtime Hornblower fan, I could not wait for the "Adventure Continues." But when I saw it I could not wait for the adventure to finish! This series is dull and lackluster by comparison to the first four episodes (The Duel, The Fireships, The Duchess and the Devil, The Wrong War.) "The Adventure Continues" dissapointed me so that I did not even bother to see the complete "The New Adventures" series. I will have to give "The New Adventures" another try.

Hornblower was not a defiant jerk...........2006-05-08

As a Hornblower fan for many decades, I am very disappointed in this movie. Ioan Gruffud portrays a Hornblower who is almost a modern high school delinquent - the kind who walks in front of your car when you drive near a public HS to show he is "cool" or a "big man". Whereas this may appeal to someone who sports a "Question Authority" sticker, it is not the Hornblower I know. Overall, it seems that the movies did not do too well with one of the greatest heroes of fiction - but at least Gregory Peck's Hornblower was decent - this one is not quite the material from which a Commodore Hornblower is made... The kind of person portrayed by Gruffud is, above all, childish (as we all know, "cool" is the same as "cute"). Perhaps the other ones with this Ioan Gruffud are better, but these two are bad enough that they keep me from buying the others.

I'm a fan but I'm also sorry..............................2005-10-17

Soy una fanatica de la serie de HH, este capitulo del Motin me encantó, el problema es realmente serio para un joven marino como HH pero, como siempre sabe salir del problema con altura. Se me hizo muy dificil entender con máxima claridad todo lo que ocurre, mi inglés es bueno, pero no tanto. Porque no los subtitulan aunque sea en inglés? No es posible hacerlo? Tambien compre Loyalty and Duty, pero aun no los he visto. Tendré el mismo problema. Una pena.

A Hornblower fan is disappointed..........2005-09-04

I love all the Hornblower movies that I've seen, and I'm sure these two are good as well, but I can't tell you for sure because they both don't have closed captioning! Or subtitles for that matter. Why would A&E close-caption the first four and the last two movies, and not these two? I'm disappointed. Hopefully they'll realize their mistake and rectify it soon...I'll buy all of the movies as soon as they do!

Great films, not a great collection.......2005-06-21

Unless these are the last two films in the series you haven't seen, you would really do better to buy one of the other Hornblower box sets, such as "Horatio Hornblower - The Complete Adventures." This box set was put out in 1998 and is fairly dated compared to the other ones.

Horatio Hornblower #5 The Adventure Continues

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Horatio Hornblower #5 The Adventure Continues

Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Product Description

"The Mutiny" -5th in the series of 8 C. S. Forester Horatio Hornblower seafaring adventure films from A&E. Also available in a 2 disc set and a 6 disc set. Special Feature: "Sail 2000: Aboard The Eagle."

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