Sahara - Saahasame Vijayam

Sahara is like a ride in an adventure park. It has a video game's disclaimer - tagged, serendipitous point scoring, its "keep your finger pressed on 'fire' and you'll hit the target" logic and a rocking African soundtrack set to Western percussion. What it lacks is the gritty realism that makes movies big enough to spawn their own video gamers' club.

Sahara is the dark horse in the illustrious family of Indiana Jones, Congo, Hatari and many other flicks that catered to the American audience's postcolonial adventure dream. Sun-tanned blondes, Third-World natives telling ex....