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Sahara, directed by Breck Eisner and starring Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, and Penélope Cruz, is based on one of a series of adventure novels written by Clive Cussler. The movie, like the books, follows the daring escapades of intrepid explorer Dirk Pitt (McConaughey), hunky marine adventurer...
Danger and intrigue have brought Dirk and best pal Al Giordino (Zahn) to Africa: Pitt believes that he has finally found an iron-side battle ship which disappeared after the American Civil War (yeah, I know, in Africa—I’m still trying to figure that one out). Here’s the kicker: the legendary ship is rumored to be carrying a cargo of lost gold...
...teams up with Dirk and Al (as dictated by the mysterious laws of action-movie cliché) and soon they’re facing a high-level conspiracy, a ruthless military dictator, and the threat of unimaginable ecological disaster. As our fearless crusaders scramble to save the world from certain apocalypse, high-paced action sequences ensue. So shotty plot work aside, how does Sahara manage to undershoot even mediocre...
Case in point: halfway through the film, Dirk utters something like “Obviously the contaminants are coming from the source of the underground river.” Yes, obviously. Or my favorite: “Those barrels of toxic waste over there are being taken away to be evaporated by super-conductive solar power.” Clearly...
...opposition Christian Democratic Union (cdu), said her party would support the reduction as long as it involved no new borrowing. Business leaders were pleased, with the stock market reacting modestly; the DAX index was up 0.42% at week's end. "It's a step in the right direction," says Dirk Schumacher, an economist at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt. "Corporate taxes had to come down, given that countries around us are much lower." But he added that there's no guarantee that companies will use their tax windfall to invest in Germany. Even if Schröder's measures get through...