Sunday, April 10, 2005
Review: "Sahara"
Matthew McConaughey, Penelope Cruz, and Steve Zahn star in the action/adventure flick, Sahara (PG-13), which opened Friday. Featuring a plot about a missing battle ship and a plague, it plays like a cross between National Treasure and an Indiana Jones sequel. It drags throughout the first half, but once the action starts, it is relentless. It is fun enough for me to reccomend. You can already guess by the previews that logic and intelligence doesn't have any role in this one. All of this added together leave Sahara stuck between too bland to be considered good and too fun to be considered bad. The cherry on top is the excrutiating Cruz who is in dire need of acting lessons, grace lessons, and English lessons. However, it is not bad for popcorn fare.
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I'm sure fans of Clive Cussler's DIRK PITT novels, such as Sahara, will view the movie differently. I haven't read Sahara, or seen the movie yet, but It would be interesting to see Dirk Pitt on the big scree, as he is a Indiana Jones-like character mixed with the timlessness of 007. I've read a few Cussler books, and Im sure Sahara will be at least a little interesting for fans of the author.
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