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DVD : Sahara [HD DVD]In association with Amazon.comstarring: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, Christopher Bello, Nicholas Beveney directed by: Breck Eisner ![: Sahara [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RYBX9DCJL._SL160_.jpg) Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: HD DVD EAN: 0097360704143 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled Label: Paramount Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment Release Date: July 25, 2006 Running Time: 124 minutes Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: April 08, 2005 Sales Rank: 33995 MPN: 70414 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Master explorer Dirk Pitt goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War battleship known as the "Ship of Death" in the deserts of West Africa while helping a UN doctor being hounded by a ruthless dictator. Amazon.com: It took more than 25 years for another Clive Cussler novel to come to the screen after the financial and critical disaster of Raise the Titanic. Based on Cussler's oddly landlocked adventure, Sahara finds the author's hero, Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey)--a sort of all-American, high seas variation of James Bond--in Africa looking for a Confederate ironclad ship that impossibly might have ended up there. Soon he and his faithful sidekick Al Giordino (Steve Zahn) are lost in another adventure, discovering a deadly contaminate being tracked by a beautiful doctor (Penelope Cruz). The results are checkered: there's no one outstanding sequence, but the action is enjoyably varied, while the thrills are mild yet not bombastic or gratuitous. The cast are all adept in their roles, yet the only one who sparkles is the scene-stealing Zahn, cast against type; McConaughey, who also produced, knows he might be starting a franchise character and plays it safe. He's never as dangerous as Cussler's hero is on the page (except in his introduction), and in fact, the whole movie plays towards comedy, infused by a soundtrack of 70s FM radio monsters. Cussler fanatics may not like this lighter fare, especially with the archeological portion (a Cussler strong point) not fully embraced, but with a very, very likable cast and colorful settings, Sahara is a kindler, gentler action film that has all the elements in place for a better, more memorable franchise if anyone cares to attempt it. --Doug Thomas Average Rating:
 Rating:  - If only.....Had the movie been as exciting and tension filled as the attack on and the disappearance of the CSA's ironclad Texas this film would have been great. Matthew M, a graduate of the Keanu Reeves school of acting, really is quite poor. Rating:  - It is great and the service was spectacular!!!I think this was one of the greatest movies. I had read the book,which was a little more exciting. But I did enjoy the movie as well Rating: - SaharaI really like this movie, so did my granddaughter; so, I purchased the DVD for her. Rating:  - Good for a cold winter dayNot fully engaging, but pleasant to watch. Alot of sunshine in this film. Great locations, passable but not inspiring direction, likeable but watered-down characters, action is OK, not particularly thrilling. Thought this film would suck, got it on a whim at Megalo-Mart for $[...]. Light-weight, but still enjoyed it, will watch again someday. Good for a stay at home date when it's freezing outside and you want to curl up with your sweetie. Rating: - Not bad but...A mildly entertaining romp LOOSELY based on a Clive Cussler novel. It plays more like an action comedy than the grandoise plots that Cussler devises for Dirk Pitt. A pity it's only the second adaption (the first being the Lew Grade production of RAISE THE TITANIC w/ the late Richard Jordan -- Francis in LOGAN'S RUN -- as Pitt, Jason Robards as Admiral Sandecker). Actually, I preferred Jordan as Pitt. He was an actor who can be truly menacing and was damned good looking. McCounaghy looks to much ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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