Highly entertaining romp from the pen of airport pulp king Clive Cussler.
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04/05/05
Sahara (2005)
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Reviews Counted:168
Fresh:64
Rotten:104
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: A mindless adventure flick with a preposterous plot.
Theatrical Release:08-04-2005
Synopsis: Dirk (Matthew 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 traveling around... [More]
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Penélope Cruz, Steve Zahn, Delroy Lindo
Director: Breck Eisner
Reviews for Sahara
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04/01/06
Top CriticA really, really dumb film, but it's lots and lots of fun and entirely lacking in malice.
04/23/05
This is a big, lively romp, filmed in a lushly expansive epic style even though it's basically low-rent James Bond.
04/06/05
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06/24/06
Top CriticIn short, Sahara is a hugely enjoyable, old fashioned adventure movie of the sort that they really don't make anymore. It's worth seeing just for the chemistry between its three leads.
04/09/05
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04/27/05
Sahara is one of those rare film that is sunk completely as a fault of the cast.... It just goes to show that sometimes Hollywood gets its own formula wrong.
04/08/05
A surprisingly fun action comedy with a cast that connects.
04/06/05
This is what action movie should be... Dirk Pitt is a hero who would make James Bond buy him a drink and make XXX wet his pants.
04/07/05
Sahara has lots of sound and fury trying to cover up for a hopelessly meandering story and a dull hero.
04/13/05
The whole concept is just too stupid to go along with, and would make the movie bad enough on its own if it wasn't a contender for the most racist film ever made.
04/06/05
The film is passably entertaining, in no small part because of Steve Zahn.
04/07/05
A big, goofy, entirely disposable, tons-o-fun Hollywood Action Flick.
04/07/05
Sahara is a movie with Indiana Jones aspirations that plays more like a low-rent 007 clone.
04/21/05
Just don’t go expecting complex moral and ethical quandaries and you’ll likely never think of Ishtar even once.
04/23/05
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09/26/05
Top CriticFor "Sahara," the problem is that we have the Indiana Jones movies to compare it to, and I'm afraid there's no comparison. It's never more than a likable poseur.
11/18/05
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07/14/07
As barren as the actual Sahara, but without the grand lure, this movie is plain old stoo-pid...
04/08/05
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