Clive Cussler, who wrote the novel that inspired Sahara, is said to have rejected untold drafts of the screenplay and sued Paramount over this one. One wonders not so much what Cussler would have left out as what else could have gone in. Sahara obviously contains everything that could possibly be included in such a screenplay, and more. It s like a fire sale at the action movie discount outlet.
Do not assume I mean to be negative. I treasure the movie s preposterous plot. It s so completely over the top, it can see reality only in its rear-view mirror. What can you say about a movie based on the premise that a Confederate ironclad ship from the Civil War is buried beneath the sands of the Sahara, having ventured there 150 years ago when the region was, obviously, damper than it is now?