Sahara [HD DVD]
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Product 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. --Doug Thomas 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). 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.
Product Info
- Actor
- Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, Christopher Bello, Nicholas Beveney
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- HD DVD
- EAN
- 0097360704143
- EAN List
- EANListElement: 0097360704143
- Format
- Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
- Label
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Manufacturer
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Number Of Discs
- 1
- Original Release Date
- 2005-04-08
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Release Date
- 2006-07-25
- Running Time
- 124
- SKU
- 00097360704143U
- Studio
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Theatrical Release Date
- 2005-04-08
- Title
- Sahara [HD DVD]
- UPC
- 097360704143
- UPC List
- UPCListElement: 097360704143
- ASIN
- B000GTJT0W
- Sales Rank
- 58428
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