Sahara

Pros: Well acted, great story, tight plot, great action
Cons: none

Back in 1980, Clive Cussler's novel "Raise The Titanic" hit the big screen, and to put it mildly, it was a colossal flop. It was the "Waterworld" of the 1980's, and it took a while for the film to fall out of our collective consciousnesses. Since then, ...

Pros: Fun, entertaining movie. Matthew McConaughey and Steve Zahn
Cons: Far fetched at times. Rude people in the theater.

When I first saw a preview of Sahara, I decided that I wanted to see it. The movie looked like it could be something like the Indiana Jones movies which I really like. I also thought that the movie looked like it might be a ...

Pros: McCongaughey's good, Zahn's funny, it's action packed
Cons: Mostly just silly errors really

Sahara is an action thriller based on the Clive Cussler novel (which I’ve never read). As usual, fans of the original book are much less likely to enjoy this than others, but that’s just an occupational hazard I guess. I found that I ...

Pros: Matthew McConaughey; lots of fun action and adventure; humor
Cons: just not a five-star movie

After watching this fun action/adventure/comedy directed by Breck Eisner, twice I might add, I had to go to the library and check out another Clive Cussler novel (Inca Gold since I’ve read and reviewed his Sahara). I wondered if I would ...

Pros: Lots of action, great story
Cons: A few laughable parts, should be making more money at the box office

Sahara is an excellent action/adventure movie along the lines of Indiana Jones and Hidalgo. It is the first movie based on best-selling author Clive Cussler's long running series about a character named Dirk Pitt. If you like a good action movie with a ...

Pros: funny, clever, charming, with surprising twists and an uplifting message, no sex, little profanity
Cons: slow to begin, campy, politically incorrect (if it matters)

Sahara is a redneck Raiders of the Lost Ark, where James Bond meets the Dukes of Hazard. Until I "got the joke," it felt like a campy mess. Once I "got it," I was free to laugh at its twists - which were more clever than expected. Like Star Wars ...

Pros: A Good, Fun, humorous Adventure.
Cons: Plot is not very believable.

Al; [While getting shot at by a helicopter] maybe he wants his car back… Directed by Breck Eisner Written by Clive Cussler Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt Steve Zahn as Al Giordino Penélope Cruz as Eva Rojas William H. Macy as ...

Pros: The chemistry of Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz. Steve Zahn's amusing performance. Tongue-in-cheek action.
Cons: Plot elements are preposterous. A "cheezy" song under the opening credits almost sinks the picture.

Now there was this Confederate monitor, see? The ironclad sailed out of Richmond Harbor under a hail of rockets in 1865, The Texas was its name, and it set a course to the southeast, all the way to the coast of Africa. Nothing was ever heard again of ...

Pros: Roles were well-filled, beautiful African setting
Cons: Ridiculously unrealistic plot

Sahara stars Mathew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt as an adventurous treasure hunter from the National Underwater and Marine Agency. Pitt is searching for a Civil War ironclad which may have made its way to Africa and in the meantime keeps crossing ...

Pros: Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt.
Cons: We already have an Indiana Jones.

(Eyeroll) That was my initial reaction when I first saw a preview for Sahara. That was also my reaction throughout many parts of Sahara itself. Calling Sahara what it is: a blatant Indiana Jones knock-off, isn't exactly being fair as it is based ...

Pros: McConaughey, Cruz, lots of big explosions, change of scenery more visually interesting than just desert
Cons: Zahn, Al, sets up treasure hunt then pushes it aside for most of the movie

My dad's report on Sahara went something like "it's like National Treasure but not as good" (which is not at all what I was expecting based on the trailer). With this ringing endorsement, how could I not see for myself? So what did I think of ...

Pros: Fine cinematography; Matthew McConaughey; The Merovingian
Cons: Matthew McConaughey; bloated, silly story; Uninvolving and unbelievable

Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) and Al Giordino (Steve Zahn) are handcuffed to each other and the railings of the back of a jeep driven by foot soldiers of Mali warlord General Kazim (Lennie James). Former Navy Seals (Panama!) and now glory hound, deep ...

Pros: Lots of action, pretty people, stunts
Cons: Disorganized, butchers the story, weak acting by several

Two story-lines converge in this action-adventure film. Matthew McConaughey is a thrill-seeking hunter of antiquities, who has a lead on a Civil War Confederate ironclad ship that, legend has it, escaped, with a very rare coin aboard. He has tracked the ...

Pros: directing debut by Breck Eisner, impressive action sequences, chemistry between McConaughey and Zahn
Cons: far-fetched at times

Okay, so this movie doesn't suck. Good thing because at two hours and change "Sahara" is one of those in-your-face action flicks that could have easily been an assault on your eyes and eardrums with your typical mind-numbing plot, unrealistic special ...

Pros: Entertaining and humorous with enough action to keep things flowing
Cons: A little uneven in the pacing and the ending lacks luster

This 2005 release is a highly entertaining action/adventure spree that attempts to weave together several seemingly random threads. Dirk Pitt is National Underwater Marine Agency's current golden boy. He heads Admiral James Sandecker's crew as they seek ...