Sahara
2005
**
Director: Breck Eisner
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz, Lennie James
Dirk Pitt, poor man's Indiana Jones, believes that a Civil War era ironclad ended up on the river Niger in Africa. But how does his treasure hunt tie in with the strange plague claiming casualties on the same continent? Pretty poorly, I must say. This stupid, noisy and long action adventure doesn't leave much of an impression at all. The film is adapted from Clive Cussler's novel and it's only a slight improvement on the previous attempt, Raise the Titanic.
