Sahara

Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral traveling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA).

In his spare time, Dirk is obsessed with the 150-year-old mystery of the Texas, an Ironclad battleship that reportedly disappeared from Richmond, Virginia during a Civil War battle and turned up in Africa. When a Confederate coin–allegedly one of only five minted–surfaces in Mali, Dirk and Al plan to travel there from Lagos, Nigeria on the admiral's yacht to investigate.

Critic Reviews:

• " …an action adventure film, complete with implausible situations, and perfectly timed rescues and escapes. Who cares? It's still fun, exciting and thoroughly entertaining " – Jeanne Kaplan

• " ..a rollicking, wild adventure in which a very buff Matthew McConaughey, and his able sidekick, Steve Zahn, have more fun than any movie pair since Mel Gibson and Danny Glover " – David Kaplan

• " [A]s delightful a bit of… hokum as we've seen in some time. You don't take it seriously for a minute… [Y]ou get a big bag of popcorn, sit back, and enjoy. " – Daniel M. Kimmel