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Sahara

4.3

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Original title

Sahara

Year

2005

Running time

120 min.

Country

United States

Director

Breck Eisner

Screenwriter

Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, John C. Richards, James V. Hart. Novel: Clive Cussler

Cast

Music

Clint Mansell

Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Adventure. Action

Synopsis

Master explorer Dirk Pitt ® (Matthew McConaughey) takes on the adventure of his life when he embarks on a treasure hunt through some of the most dangerous regions of West Africa. Searching for what locals call "The Ship of Death", a long lost Civil War battleship which protects a secret cargo, Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick (Steve Zahn) use their wits and clever heroics to help Doctor Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz) when they realize the ship may be linked to mysterious deaths in the very same area.

Critics' reviews

"Insanely busy, exceedingly long, and sometimes endearingly preposterous"

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
"McConaughey remains more buffed than compelling. He's not helped by a two-hour convolution of episodes that are too busy imitating other, better movies"

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"Takes the action/adventure story to new heights of preposterousness. In a way, that's not a bad thing, since it allows a certain level of guilty enjoyment"

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
"Saddled with more industry/celebrity baggage than a high-class safari voyage, 'Sahara' is a rousing and only occasionally ridiculous adventure yarn"

Robert Koehler: Variety
"It's not that 'Sahara' is offensively bad: It's just that the picture, loud and busy as it is, never really finds its own identity"

Rene Rodriguez: Miami Herald
"Any movie starring Penelope Cruz or William H. Macy can't be all bad. And 'Sahara', which stars both Penelope Cruz and William H. Macy, proves the point: It isn't all bad"

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"About as good as a big, stupid American action movie can be without ever being anything better than a big, stupid American action movie"

Dan Jolin: Empire

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Sahara

2005

Breck Eisner

4.3

(11,317)