McConaughey plays new roles in 'Sahara': Franchise hero, producer
http://www.sltrib.com/movies/ci_2637817"Sahara" is not a movie that will win Oscars for its tender acting or touching dialogue, and Matthew McConaughey - the movie's star and one of its executive producers - knows that.
"It knows what it is," McConaughey says of this humor-filled action movie, which opens nationally on Friday.
So what is "Sahara"? It's an adaptation of Clive Cussler's novel, one of a series of books centering on the rugged archaeologist and explorer Dirk Pitt. In "Sahara," Pitt goes looking for a Confederate ironclad that he believes is lost - believe it or don't - in the Sahara Desert. Pitt's pursuit leads him to cross paths with a Mali warlord, a ruthless French industrialist, a pollution-caused plague that may threaten the planet, and a World Health Organization doctor (Penelope Cruz) who looks hot in a tank top.
(read the rest at the URL)