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Sahara (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0097363418146
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Paramount
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: D341814D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: April 08, 2005
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Editorial Review:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - 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 ... Read More
Rating: - It started with a bang and ended with a thud.
It started with a bang and ended with a thud. The majority of the scenery and the action scenes are jaw dropping. However the movie goes from bad to worse after 30 minutes. It's because of the plot and the directing I think.
Rating:  - Shara HD DVD
Recieved the item in a very timely manner and the movie played just fine. Can't beat the price.
Rating:  - I'VE SEEN BETTER - REVIEW EDITED
I love Indiana Jones, action adventure type movies, but I just could not get into Sahara. Maybe it was too predictable? Maybe it was too slow - I actually fast forwarded through most of it. Maybe I'm just tired of watching Penelope Cruz. I don't know. But I would pass on this one. There are better movies out there to be found and enjoyed. - OK, SO SOME TIME HAS GONE BY AND I ACTUALLY ENJOY THE MOVIE MORE NOW. IF I'M EATING DINNER OR SOMETHING I'LL JUST FASTFORWARD TO THE PARTS OF THE MOVIE I ENJOYED. ... Read More
Rating: - Watchable but forgettable
The producers of Sahara might have done well to have considered how well the previous attempt to bring one of Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels to the screen went before pouring a hundred or so million dollars into it even before Cussler launched an ill-fated lawsuit against the end product. While it's not as dull as Raise the Titanic, it didn't exactly set the box-office on fire let alone kickstart a new Indiana Jones-style franchise about the maritime treasure hunter that the studio so desperately wanted. ... Read More
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