Sahara

Synopsis: Master explorer and former US Navy Seal Dirk Pitt and his wisecracking buddy Al Giordino goes on the adventure of a lifetime of seeking out a lost Civil War ironclad battleship known as the "Ship of Death" that protects a secret cargo is lost somewhere in the deserts of West Africa. But while the two cross paths with a beautiful and brilliant U.N. scientist Dr. Eva Rojas who is being hounded by a ruthless dictator. She believes that the hidden treasure may be connected to a larger problem that threatens the world around them. Hunting for a ship that no one else thinks exists, Dirk, Al, and Eva must rely on their wits and their daring heroics to outsmart dangerous warlords, survive the threatening terrain, and get to the bottom of both mysteries.
Director(s): Breck Eisner
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
PG-13
Year:
2005
124 min
$68,642,452
Website
1,365 Views


...get out of here alive, I tell you.

Let's go!

Incoming!

- Sorry, captain.

- It's all right, son, just keep moving.

That's the future in your hands.

Heave! Heave! Heave!

- Starboard gunners ready, captain.

- Lieutenant.

Fire!

Prepare to take us into the channel.

Ahead a half.

- Make revolutions for five knots.

- Aye, sir.

- Range, 150 yards!

- 150 yards!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

- All ahead full.

- Aye, captain.

Stop engines.

- Captain?

- Stop engines! Run silent!

Cease firing!

Cease firing!

Close the gun ports. Hold still.

- Cease firing!

- Close the gun ports!

Mrs. Nwokolo?

Eva Rojas, World Health Organization.

This is Dr. Hopper.

- Hello. Nice to meet you.

- Please come with me.

Sorry about the dark.

The light hurts his eyes.

- Thank you.

- What's his name?

Azikiwe. Most call him Kiwe.

Hi, Kiwe. My name is Eva.

We need to have a little look

at you, okay?

- How long has he been sick?

- For two days.

- Has he traveled anywhere recently?

- He was in Mali last week.

With his father.

- Where is his father now?

- He's at the lighthouse.

That's where he works.

Blood pressure, 80/50.

- Circulatory failure.

- Drawing blood.

- Easy, son. Easy. No, no.

- Kiwe!

- Sedative, Eva.

- What dose?

Two mils.

Easy, son. Easy. No. It's okay.

It's all right. You're gonna be all right.

Just trying to help.

It's okay. It's okay, Kiwe.

It's okay.

- Your mama... Your mama is here.

- It's okay, Kiwe. It's okay.

You all right?

- Mali, just like the others.

- Yeah, I know.

- This is an outbreak, Frank.

- We've got six cases.

- That's not enough.

- Oh, how many do we need?

Sixty?

Six thousand?

When does it start to matter?

We have to find the source, Frank.

You wanna go to Mali.

It's not gonna happen.

WHO isn't gonna lose

any more staff to a civil war.

- Here, finish your report.

- Good.

- Just in time for the autopsy.

- Eva.

I'll do what I can do.

I'll re-present to the board.

- And maybe they'll listen this time.

- Thank you.

We still need blood samples

from his father.

I'll find the father.

Hello?

Mr. Nwokolo?

Mr. Nwokolo?

Hey!

Help.

You have no business being here.

Quick, get her bag.

Are you okay?

Hey! Hey, pick that up!

What are you doing? Come on.

You're walking past...

All right, guys. Come on.

Guys, quit screwing around.

Come on. Come on, come on,

come on. All right, stop.

All right, hold it there.

Report any variances over two feet.

Here, hold on to these.

Come on, grab it.

All right. Come on, you piece of...

All right, give me a wrench.

I need the wrench.

Wrench! Anybody there?

All right, oil. I need the oil.

All right, the oil. Thank you.

That's it. All right, we're good!

We're good!

Sorry.

Here. Hi.

- Al Giordino.

- Eva.

- Eva Rojas.

- Nice work.

- Thanks.

- Welcome aboard.

Thank you.

All right, turn it on. Go down.

Go, go, go, go, go.

More. Keep going.

Hi.

- How are you? Feeling better?

- Yes, thank you.

- I'm Rudi.

- Sorry, where are we?

This is the Martha Ann,

It's a NUMA boat. Ship.

We didn't know who you were, so

we kind of patched you up ourselves.

You had an edema

of the upper tracheal track.

Rudi, I've been waiting

two months for this moment.

Don't mess it up for me

by letting him drown.

- Yes, admiral.

- Diver up!

In five, counting,

four, three, two, one.

Ladies and gentlemen,

may I introduce to you

after a 772-year engagement

on the bottom of the ocean:

King Bateen!

Nice job, everyone.

Except you, Al. What the hell?

It's a 10-ton-rated winch,

my friend, not a fly-fishing rod.

You know what? You're thinking

of the Thompson 12-91.

Whereas you're astride a 12-93.

- Not that you could operate either one.

- Boys!

- Sir?

- Sir?

The king meets the people

at the museum in five hours.

- Don't worry, sir. He'll be there.

- He'll be there.

He better be.

Secure those cables!

Hey, look who's on her feet.

Thanks to you, I guess.

You were lucky to just lose your bag.

Dangerous city.

Damn it, I did lose my bag.

- Nothing worth dying for, I hope.

- Well, that's a tough question.

Nothing worth you dying for.

Hey, Dirk, get your butt up here

so we can scrape

some of the crap off this thing.

- Excuse me. The wife.

- Come on, ladies,

get Mr. Bateen unhooked.

Clean him up.

We got a party to go to.

- Admiral?

- Retired.

- Jim Sandecker.

- Eva. Eva Rojas.

I'm with the WHO.

You look like you could use

a cup of coffee.

- Hey, Dirk. Hey, I need your help.

- What?

- Is it left over right, or right over left?

- This better not be like last time.

I can't remember.

It's driving me nuts.

Is there something about a rabbit

going around a tree or something?

I'll be there in an hour.

- What, Dirk?

- That was Oshodi.

He thinks he might

have found something.

Oh, that's great. That is fantastic.

- Thank you very much.

- No, no, no, no, fantastic for me.

I can't wait to tell Sandecker that you're

not gonna be at the museum tonight

because one of your contacts

from the Nigerian underworld

has found evidence of a Civil War

ironclad shipwrecked

- In a storm off Africa. Yeah, right.

- Storm off Africa.

That's what you're talking about, right?

Yeah. Sandecker's gonna freak.

- Look, Al...

- And I'll be there. He'll turn all red.

The fox chases the rabbit around

the tree and down the hole.

That's how the tie works.

Don't you worry, I'll be there.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

First, I'd like to thank the Lagos

museum for this magnificent reception.

I would also like to thank

our primary benefactor on this project,

Yves Massarde.

Thank you.

We are NUMA,

the National Underwater

and Marine Agency.

And this, ladies and gentlemen,

is what we do.

King Bateen.

- Where is he?

- He's not at the buffet.

- Damn it.

- Do you want another kebab?

With the help of museums,

with the help of governments,

private organizations like ours

can work in partnership

to make sure that history,

history that has been lost

to the tides of time,

can be returned to its people.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Have a lovely evening.

Do you have a CD burner

on that ship of yours?

Yes, the same one I bought

from you last month.

I have a wonderful piece, straight

from the Iraqi National Museum.

Don't show me things like that,

Oshodi. We're not that friendly.

Okay, okay. Now, here it is.

A very special piece.

The one I spoke to you about.

It breaks my heart

just to show it to you.

Where did you get this?

Cash, please.

We are not that friendly.

This is a great party.

- Thank you for inviting us, admiral.

- The pleasure is mine.

Yves, this is the woman

I was telling you about,

- Dr. Eva Rojas.

- Hi.

I'm delighted to make your

acquaintance. I'm Yves Massarde.

Nice to meet you.

This is Dr. Frank Hopper.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

Yves does a lot of business

in Africa.

Some even in Mali.

Will you excuse me?

I understand you believe there is some

sort of plague coming out of Mali?

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