Ioan Gruffudd (Titanic) returns to action as C.S. Forester's swashbuckling naval hero Horatio 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.

Volume I: The Mutiny:
The year is 1802. Sailing aboard the HMS Renown, Hornblower is eagerly anticipating his latest assignment: subduing the pirate fleet preying on British Shipping in the West Indies. Before long, however, it becomes clear that the Renown's tyrannical captain (David Warner) is dangerously unbalanced, forcing Hornblower to take action that threatens not only his naval career... but his life as well.

Volume II: Retribution:
Facing the ignominious prospect of being hanged for "black, bloody mutiny" aboard the Renown, Hornblower languishes in a Kingston jail while his accuser, the demented Captain Sawyer remains confined to quarters. But Hornblower's course will be altered yet again when the young officer is chosen to lead a strike force through treacherous mountain terrain on a mission to recapture an enemy held fort.