Feels as plodding and fruitless as trekking the length of a desert on a pogo stick with a busted spring.
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04/07/05
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
What it is is a big summer action movie that would have been hot stuff about 30 years ago but looks tired and worn today despite a perky, attractive cast that refuses to wilt in the desert sun.
04/07/05
Top CriticA big, goofy, entirely disposable, tons-o-fun Hollywood Action Flick.
04/07/05
How many leaps of logic do you allow an action movie before that thin strand of suspended disbelief snaps?
04/07/05
Clive Cussler needs to calm down and quit complaining. As silly, mindless pieces of entertainment go, Sahara is fine, and the perfect adaptation of a Cussler book.
04/07/05
A surprisingly fun action comedy with a cast that connects.
04/06/05
This perfectly distracting, ultimately unsatisfying film feels like a James Bond flick in which the stand-in got the lead.
04/06/05
If Sahara weren't quite so dumb, it might have been a lot of fun.
04/06/05
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
Steve Zahn rocks! Though at times the film certainly stretches the believability factor, it is always engaging, always fun.
04/06/05
Insanely busy, exceedingly long, and sometimes endearingly preposterous.
04/06/05
A blockbuster played by action figures and written by children.
04/04/05
As Hollywood actioners go these days, this one’s quite tolerable in its guilty-pleasure way. Feel free to saddle up.
04/01/05
Think Of This As Dirk Pitt Light - With None Of The Patriotism, Conservative Social Commentary Nor American Heroism Typical In A Cussler Novel.
03/24/05
Breck Eisner's youthful, fresh grasp of the high-adventure genre. This should have been his audition reel for helming 007/21.
03/12/05
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