Sahara (1995)

You won't be disappointed!

Memorable, crazy movie

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

"Sahara" is a movie which is based on World War II and especially after the fall of Tobruk in June 1942. After that sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines.In this movie we observe the difficulties of these soldier and how they tried to survive and defend. James Belushi who played as Sgt. Joe Gunn made a really unexpected nice interpretation and shows his true acting skills. Although I recommend you to watch first the original movie with Humphrey Bogart and after this remake. After this you will find out that is difficult to compare these two movies.Lastly I have to admit that I did not expect to like this movie because I have watched the original version and I am not a big fan of remakes, although this movie is worth seeing and I truly recommend it.

I am ashamed to say as an ardent film fan I have not seen the original starring Humphrey Bogart. I do however have the luxury of being able to judge this film with an unbiased view. I didn't even realise it was a TV film until I saw the details on the IMDb site. Belushi gives a creditable performance but I think all the characters gel together well and the film carries a certain aura of the old British 40's and 50's war films such as Ice cold in Alex though obviously not in the same league. The characters are doomed and yet you feel for them. At the end as the camera pans across the line of makeshift rifle tombstones and Belushi recites the fourth paragraph of Laurence Binyon's 'The Fallen' you realise that you are not only at the end of a quite good film but also you owe a great debt to the fallen heroes of yesteryear.

Well, this movie is not even worth of seeing. The topic is copied from 1943' Sahara. All the characters act like as if they were idiots, they are "the tough men, who will fight for their land, for their families..." The only good scene in this movie is when the Australian guy is shot.....it is really good made and pretty sad. But rest of the movie is just a junk. We can see about 200 German soldiers, out of which some 500 die and another 150 are taken prisoners....well, I wasn't that bad at mathematics, Mr. Director! Of all those hundreds of Germans not a single one is wounded, they are all just dead...just fell down and that's it. Hm, if it was a Soviet movie from the 1932, ok, but an American movie from 1991?!! Shot a few years after Full Metal Jacket and Platoon?!!! All I want to say is: if you like good movies, please, do yourselves a favor and don't watch this! 1 out of 10 (for the scene I've said before)

This movie is the remake of the flick of 1943 "Sahara", and as the original the title is the same.The story is focalized on a group of men(various nationality)lost in the sahara desert during the second world war and their fightversus 500 german soldiers.At lead of the Allies we found James Belushi,and here is very slim and brawny respect his usual aspect.On his characterize of the Sgt Joe Gunn is very credible,sow we also the humorous side of the character,whitout forgive the hardness necessary.The rest of cast is totally unknown,but good,and each of them has a good character on that work.The action is good,as the desolate scenography.The only bad thing of the movie is that the second part start to cross on the unreal and unlikely,transformed the Allies in a group of simil-Rambo spoiling the good work that it's do until to now.My rate is 6.Recommended.