This movie IS NOT a Dirk Pitt adventure. It's another Hollywood Fiasco. Cussler's series of books had a major potential to become a great franchise, but behold and no surprise, untalented writers in Hollywood - Thomas Donnelly; Joshua Oppenheimer; John Richards; and James Hart (should be banned from ever writing another screenplay), armature producer, and a, 2nd rate director ruined and disrespected Clive Cussler's work. I can understand why he got so mad. Matthew McConaughey should be ashamed of his work. The characters of this movie are NOTHING like the characters Mr. Cussler developed. As an action adventure - not bad. As a reflection on a great series by Clive Cussler - disgusting at best!

You don't get much adventure movies like this anymore in the 21st century, so I was surprised to find that this movie reminded me of 80's adventure movies. The plot revolves around a poisoned river in the Sahara desert, and three treasure hunters try to save the day. Armed with lots of action, and a bit too much humour, you'll be entertained from the first...30 minutes. The movie starts off a bit slow, and the first half an hour is stretched out a bit too much, however, if you can cope with a slow and awkward start to being entertained, I think this is the ideal adventure movie for you (if you're a fan of the books however, you may want to reconsider watching this).Overall, I rate this a 7.9/10!

i saw this film many years back & i can say it without a doubt that this is not only the most underrated film but quite the best film ever released by paramount pictures,usually paramount studio release garbage films but if they do release some good ones they get edited just like MI2 of john woo now i don't care whats been edited in this film i have no complains because it was entertaining.this film has some similarities with the mummy series with all the desert scenes & fights scenes etc i loved the boat chase.i will not spoil the story see it yourself & decide but i can tell its about a treasure hunt but unlike most films this was done better the director did a great job i wish there was a sequel to this.the cast includes my favorite actress Penelope Cruz she was a treat to watch secondly this is the movie that introduced me to Matthew McConaughey he is such a fun guy to watch he should be the next James Bond i like him.i don't know why some people hate this film it provides good entertainment with a mix of comedy,romance & action all in one,got a nice cast,characters & story what more anyone want plus it is fast paced so no chance of getting bored.overall Sahara 2005 is a solid release from paramount pictures so go grab a DVD its a one time great watch my rating is 7/10.Recommended

I am well aware of how difficult it is to convert a book into a movie script. I can understand editing some details that do not require explanation save in book format. Sahara however could have been so much better and deserved a better treatment. I would not expect a true to the letter transfer of book to movie format but come on! The actors and producers of this shoddy muck stained pile of rotten pig guts are total flops, if only because they made no effort to do the book or its characters or plot justice.The producer of this tripe obviously bowed to ignorance and arrogance and demonstrated a lack of appreciation for the characters or the plot from the book.Matthew McConaughey has no talent in acting, demonstrating only that he often comes off as an overly eager jack terrier at the sight of a dogbone. His enthusiasm was overkill and destroyed any dignity of the character he was portraying. I wanted to and still want to slap the snot out of him. Any director and producer with half a brain could have given the book proper justice. This movie did nothing more than demonstrate a complete lack of connectivity to the book series and no respect for the author.Watch this movie with extreme caution.