Sahara

"Adventure has a new destination."

Apr 8 2005 PG-13 2h 4m
Action, Adventure, Comedy

Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up.

Plot

Retired US admiral Sandecker's foundation finances various projects worldwide, including high tech marine salvage by brilliant Dirk Pitt's US Navy Seal veterans team including buddy Al Giordino, which dreams of finding the mysteriously missing Confederal gold aboard the ironclad battleship 'of Death'. Pitts bumps into evidence for his theory it crossed the Atlantic up the river Niger, where the admiral has an environmental project. Alas, it's a West African dictatorship where the ruthless president suppresses the desert people, in league with billionaire French energy industrialist Yves Massarde. Saving reckless WHO epidemics researcher Dr. Eva Rojas, he learns the secret abducted tribal slaves-run waste plant's toxic output threatens, through an underground fluvial system, to pollute the ocean and hence cause a global killer epidemic.

Written by

Clive Cussler, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer

Directed by

Breck Eisner

Production Countries

Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany

Production Companies

Moguletta, Bristol Bay Productions, Baldwin Entertainment Group, Desertlands Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions, Kanzaman, J.K. Livin Productions, Babelsberg Film, Paramount, Sahara Productions

Languages

Français, English

Awards

2 wins & 5 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
108,752
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
41
Popularity
NA