Product Description: Matthew McConaughey stars as an underwater explorer in search of treasure among the remains of a lost battleship. Along with wisecracking sidekick Steve Zahn he meets the beautiful Penelope Cruz. Outsmarting warlords on threatening terrain the three find themselves on the adventure of their lives.System Requirements:Run Time: 123 minsFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 097361182841 Manufacturer No: 118284
Amazon.com: It took more than 25 years for another Clive Cussler novel to come to the screen after the financial and critical disaster of Raise the Titanic. Based on Cussler's oddly landlocked adventure, Sahara finds the author's hero, Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey)--a sort of all-American, high seas variation of James Bond--in Africa looking for a Confederate ironclad ship that impossibly might have ended up there. Soon he and his faithful sidekick Al Giordino (Steve Zahn) are lost in another adventure, discovering a deadly contaminate being tracked by a beautiful doctor (Penelope Cruz). The results are checkered: there's no one outstanding sequence, but the action is enjoyably varied, while the thrills are mild yet not bombastic or gratuitous. The cast are all adept in their roles, yet the only one who sparkles is the scene-stealing Zahn, cast against type; McConaughey, who also produced, knows he might be starting a franchise character and plays it safe. He's never as dangerous as Cussler's hero is on the page (except in his introduction), and in fact, the whole movie plays towards comedy, infused by a soundtrack of 70s FM radio monsters. Cussler fanatics may not like this lighter fare, especially with the archeological portion (a Cussler strong point) not fully embraced, but with a very, very likable cast and colorful settings, Sahara is a kindler, gentler action film that has all the elements in place for a better, more memorable franchise if anyone cares to attempt it. --Doug Thomas
Just a fun movie There are some parts of this movie that are a bit outragious but for the most part it is pretty entertaining. After renting it I liked it enough to buy it.
Simple and Fun Its a action film, fun and a good escape, predictable but I wasn't expecting a majestic plot or amazing twists. Worth buying and worth watching a few times.
A Fun Film to Relieve Stress. This film is a great one to kick back after a hard days work and simply have fun, relieving the stress from the day. Matthew McConaughey has a great spirit of simply enjoying life, and he portrays that well in SAHARA.
SAHARA REVIEW I have read Clive Cussler's Book Sahara and as usual it was a great book. As you can see I am a big fan. If a book appears on the shelf with Clive Cussler or even NUMA files - It is immediately bought. I saw the film Sahara - What a dissapointment. The actors were very much less than convincing. The thread of the book was totally lost in the movie. Somewhere so was Abraham Lincoln. The story plot was very much lost and re-written in the movie. If I were Clive Cussler and wrote this book and then saw the movie - I don't think I would recognize it as the same thing. In my final opinion movie very poorly done. Wrong actors to play the parts and plot so re-written.
Just so - so. Sahara tries to be an Indiana Jones flick but fails miserable. The adventure across the sands.............BORING!!! The damsel in distress.................BORING!!! The usual Hollywood nonsense movie that they were hoping would turn into a new franchise............NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!! It's an OK action adventure; it's just not very memorable or very much fun. The acting is passable; the script is just kind of blah. All in all, it's worth a rental if you can't find anything else to rent. Recommended? Not really. But if you're curious, sure go for it.
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