SAHARA: Tarzan & Savages

This is a Tarzan meets Birth of a Nation-white-man-make-fire yawner. This movie is literally about white men stealing, poisoning, murdering and beating just about every Black man they encounter. The good doctor is trying to save the “savages� of West Africa from a mysterious plague

Let me preface this review by saying: One of my favorite film genres is Action- Adventure– I enjoy the Indiana Jones kind of film. I’ve also admired actor Matthew McConaughey since the 1996 film “A Time to Killâ€? where his character defended a Black father, played by Samuel L. Jackson, who killed racist rednecks for the brutal rape of his daughter.
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This movie is literally about white men stealing, poisoning, murdering and beating just about every Black man they encounter. Here’s the plot: an ex-navy seal turned master explorer named Dirk Pitt (played by Matthew McConaughey)-the last name should have given him and his handlers a hint– and Al Giordino, his wise cracker sidekick (played by Steve Zahn) just so happen to stumble across Doctor Eva Rojas (played by Penelope Cruz) as they treasure hunt a long lost Civil War battleship and somehow go off course
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The good doctor is trying to save the “savagesâ€? of West Africa from a mysterious plague but everyone is trying to kill her, and in the vastness of Africa Matthew manages to find her like a million times and comes to the rescue to save her from the greedy, evil and corrupt African general who of course is backed by another white diabolical genius. Matthew and Penelope realize there might be a connection between the missing battleship and the mysterious deaths. “Ah ha!” bad acting abounds and every overdone plot cliché is thrown in to boot.  <o:p></o:p>

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</st1:place> was the second of best selling author Clive Cussler who denounced his first adaptation for the screen (1980’s Raise the Titanic!) I’m quite sure he has a mouthful to say about this tanker! Out of a possible four stars-they owe one! I wish I had three thumbs to point at the floor.<o:p></o:p>

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