Rotten
Despite the vast beauty of location settings in Morocco and Spain, the vast lack of chemistry between the two stars is appalling.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Sahara
Adventure has a new destination.
2005 · 2h 4m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Breck Eisner
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Sahara
Overview
Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up.
Director and cast
- Breck Eisner Director
- Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt
- Penélope Cruz as Dr. Eva Rojas
- Steve Zahn as Al Giordino
- Lennie James as General Zateb Kazim
- Lambert Wilson as Yves Massarde
- William H. Macy as Admiral Jim Sandecker
- Rainn Wilson as Rudi Gunn
- Glynn Turman as Dr. Frank Hopper
- Jude Akuwudike as Imam
- Clint Dyer as Oshodi
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
37%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Sahara is many things, but it is not a movie. It is the skull-splitting cacophony of 21 producers and four screenwriters (that we know about, anyway) standing in the same room shouting into their cell phones.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
Rotten
It drove me crazy. It made National Treasure look like a documentary.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
McConaughey's no Harrison Ford. And no one cracks the whip of originality.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
A mediocrity wrapped inside a banality, toasted in a nice, fresh cliche.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
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