Advantages: Soundtrack Disadvantages: Too many to mention
An average film that will entertain some people who like the emphasis on action. I found the sound track on this movie simply terrible.
According to Tiscali.co.uk: "This laboured and unfocussed action adventure gets lost in a sandstorm of sub plots and excess. Drawing inevitable comparisons to the superior Indiana Jones, Sahara lacks the wit and invention of the Spielberg/Lucas trilogy and McConaughey is certainly no Harrison Ford... ...The elaborately staged action sequences, though short on inspiration, come as a welcome respite from the turgid story which ultimately links Eva and Pitt's separate searches."
I found the promotional website is a far more entertaining option (http://www.saharamovie.com/main.html) more interesting than the film.
Running time: 124 mins
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, Steve Zahn ...
Nazuku 19.06.2006 (06.02.2007)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sahara (DVD)
Advantages: some great,set-pieces, full of humour Disadvantages: plot gets predictable,no extas!!!!
..If what you really want out of film(like me)is for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas to get off their collective beardy arses and make the next INDIANA JONES film before Harrison Ford has to use a zimmer frameto star in it,. Sahara will provide a temporary fix of action.
...In this fast-paced flick which is based on Clive Cusslers Dirk Pitt novels, Mathew McConaughey plays the heroic adventurer, a former navy diner turned legal tresure hunter. A man who never found an exploit he didnt want to try, Pitt heads off around the world looking for historys lost riches. While hes searching for an ultra rare civil war coin, he crosses paths with sexy docter Eva Rojas who is played by the lovely Penelope Cruz in africa. Shes on her own particular quest-seeking the source of a mysterious plague that is lilling swathes and swathes ...
clarkusmaximus 17.03.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sahara (DVD)
Advantages: Well written, great photographs Disadvantages: none
Written by the ex-Python, this book is the story of his journey through the surprisingly varied and liitle known countries that surround the well known Sahara Desert.
Based on the TV series of the same name this book takes us through such countries as Libya, Mali and Mauretania. It also encapsulates the spirit of the early explorer as Palin reads from Mungo Park as he sails along the mysterious Niger.
He visits Timbuktu and revels in the colonial splendour of this mysterious region. Highlights include an encounter with an musket wielding hunter, which almost ends Palin's journey, and a visit to a town where the buildings are made almost entirely out of mud.
This wonderful book explores a region of the world that very few people ever consider visiting. Palin is, as usual, an enthusiastic and funny guide. The photographs by Basil ...
