Those who expect to see another Indiana Jones while watching Sahara will be hugely disappointed after coming out of the theatre. From the opening credit, we're told that the good guys are "marine historian" who specialize in "marine salvage". The marine version of Indiana Jones, to be exact. The Holy Grail in the movie is apparently an Ironclad ship from Civil War bringing loads of gold coins that mysteriously vanished somewhere in Africa. But then, most of the movie talk about a disease outbreak in Mali, chemical waste, and corrupt warlord! So, where's the Ironclad?? It eventually was discovered, and easily predictable. What a waste, considering if the movie stays true to its course of finding Ironclad, it might become more interesting for the audience.
Bruce Willis is back as a hostage negotiator who failed in his last assignment and then moved to a small town to exorcise his demons. The story revolves around a trio of punks who held an accountant and his family hostage. The twist is, apparently, the accountant works for a powerful mafia, and they want Willis to solve the case and get something that they want. For insurance, the mafia also held Willis' wife & daughter hostage. So, our hero uses his wit and might to outsmart the punks & the mafia at the same time while keeping the cops off his ass. It's quite thrilling but there are so many loose ends here that are quite disturbing and won't let go even after you're back at home. But I think, they'll all be solved if you read the novel from which the movie was based on. My verdict, Hostage is much better than Sahara. At least, Bruce Willis doesn't need to try so hard to be funny. Poor Steve Zahn
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