Director: Breck Eisner
Starring: Penelope Cruz, Rainn Wilson, Steve Zhan

It’s Indiana Jones, National Treasure, James Bond, and Flight of the Phoenix all rolled up in one. It’s corny. It’s [very] predictable. It only gets two stars.

I saw Sahara at a dollar theater. It’s one of those movies you only need to watch once. You only need to watch half an hour of it to know the ending. If you happen to have a room full of 12-year-old boys, this would be a great movie to watch.

There are funny parts to it, but most of it is unrealistic. These guys are better at dodging bullets than James Bond. In fact, they seem to be able to dodge everything from bombs, blasts, bullets from all types of weapons, to nuculer waste explosions. The one thing they can’t survive: a black-tie affair.

The plot? I won’t tell you too much, because then you wouldn’t have to watch the movie. A couple of guys who work for a treasure hunting company have dreams of finding a Confederate Ironclad ship in Africa. They take their boss’s yacht and sail over there. Meanwhile, a girl who works for a global humanitarian aid agency is sent to Africa to discover what is causing a plague. If the plague is not stopped, the whole world’s drinking water will be affected and everyone will die. The girl and the other two guys meet up and help each other out. You can guess the rest.

Here’s a link to see some of the goofs that were caught. Something I noticed was at the end, the girl is up on a helicopter launch pad fighting bad guys, and she’s wearing white. She has been wearing those clothes throughout almost the entire movie. They are still clean. She was crawling around in the desert for a week and her white clothes are still white? I don’t think so.

The Bottom Line: Watch the movie if it’s on t.v. (and nothing better is on), or if you want a nice action film for your 12-year-old son’s birthday party.