An average film that will entertain some people who like the emphasis on action. I found the sound track on this movie simply terrible.
According to Tiscali.co.uk: "This laboured and unfocussed action adventure gets lost in a sandstorm of sub plots and excess. Drawing inevitable comparisons to the superior Indiana Jones, Sahara lacks the wit and invention of the Spielberg/Lucas trilogy and McConaughey is certainly no Harrison Ford... ...The elaborately staged action sequences, though short on inspiration, come as a welcome respite from the turgid story which ultimately links Eva and Pitt's separate searches."
I found the promotional website is a far more entertaining option (http://www.saharamovie.com/main.html) more interesting than the film.
Running time: 124 mins Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy, Lambert Wilson, Delroy Lindo
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confirms my thoughts - i shant be bothering with this one! Terri
jackyann53 27.11.2006 23:21
Very well written review. It's a shame they didn't make a successful film out of this story as it sounds as though it could have been a block buster with the right treatment. Jacky x
n13roy 24.11.2006 22:33
Thats just about what I thought of this Film too..........Roy........
It took more than 25 years for another Clive Cussler novel to come to the screen after the ... more
financial and critical disaster ofRaise the Titanic. Based on Cussler's oddly landlocked adventure,Saharafinds the author's hero, Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey)...
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Columbia's biggest hit of 1943,Saharaconfirmed the superstar status Humphrey Bogart ... more
attained with his Warner Brothers' North African adventure,Casablanca(1942). Surrounded by the Germans on three sides, Bogart's tough-as-they-come Sergeant Joe Gunn tak...
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If the mere sight of Michael Palin striding purposefully towards the camera across some ... more
foreign terrain is enough to send you into fits of delight, thenSaharais just for you. Following on from his three pan-global expeditions, Palin is back on the expl...
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It took more than 25 years for another Clive Cussler novel to come to the screen after the ... more
financial and critical disaster ofRaise the Titanic. Based on Cussler's oddly landlocked adventure,Saharafinds the author's hero, Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey)...
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A thrilling action adventure based on the novel by Clive Cussler! Dirk (Matthew ... more
McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travel...
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Advantages: Swash and buckling. What more do you need? Action? Adventure? Humour? It's all here. Disadvantages: Nothing serious enough to spoil the fun.
TheDuke 26.03.2006 (26.03.2006)
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