Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

wong02 The TV was on while I was busy with a household chore, so I missed some of the beginning. Then the story started to catch my attention and boy am I glad to have discovered Lambert Wilson. Someone else already said it... his eyes, his lips, his sheik's stature. He was mesmerizing and had great chemistry with Brooke. Her acting was better than I've seen her in later films. She handled the character role rather well, except for the boy/moustache sequence. Definitely a cheesy movie, yet I couldn't stop watching. The fantasy story drew me in and swept me away... yes, kind of like a Harlequin romance. Did I mention that Lambert Wilson is breathtakingly handsome? As soon as the credits rolled and I caught his name, I ran to google the web. He's French?! Mais certainement!

zimbo_the_donkey_boy What does one learn from Sahara? World history, African geography, technological evolution, how endurance races are run, desert ecology, women's rights, comparative religion, international politics, Saharan fashion, that a woman with a moustache can be cute, what panthers like to eat, what happened to John Mills, that a movie featuring Brooke Shields is worth ten movies without her. 'Too bad I saw this on broadcast TV instead of the original film or I feel I would have learned even more--from one scene of Brooke in particular (without the blurring). The one thing I found annoying was seeing Brooke finish that grueling race without any dust on her. Aw, who am I kidding? I know they did that just to make her appear prettier for me. I'll allow them to stretch the truth for that.-- So how come this flick rated so low in the votes? Yeah, you guessed it. Just because there are so many women out there envious of Brooke's looks and so many men mad 'cause they'll never get to drive a cool, vintage auto like these, let alone go out with a gal like Brooke. Hey, I know it, too, but I accept it.

aorban-1 Storyline very good and romantic, however at the time Brooke Sheilds appeared that she had never really made love with anyone before in real life, let alone in the movie. The cars and the race was very real as was the desert locales. I enjoyed the different characters portrayed as race drivers and how the race turned out. I wondered if the race was based on facts or not. The costumes were good and the dialog flowed well. Lambert Wilson was very believable in his role. The battle scenes were good and intense, not like those of today where they are very bloody or graphic, but still good. The scenes of the rescue of Brooke Sheilds by Lambert Wilson were on the edge of your seat and the ending where she returns to him is extremely romantic. I found it over all very entertaining.

otter Ludicrous bodice-ripper starring the wooden Brook Shields as the kind of plucky romantic heroine who can change outfits in mid-kidnapping. Features such silliness as nomadic Bedouin chiefs who keep stone dungeons on hand, other Bedouin who have frosted lipstick and gold lame party outfits lying around, more Bedouin going on a human hunt using leopards instead of hounds (the leopards are kept on leashes where they can't chase anything), hairstyles that range from 1910 to 1983 (story set in the 1920's), incredible continuity problems with the trans-Sahara race that forms the basis of the plot (Brooke spends about a week in one spot, and suddenly the other drivers all appear at once; her two assistants appear and disappear randomly) etc. etc.Just about the dumbest, silliest, most badly acted, worst plotted excuse for a movie you'll ever see. Young Brooke Shields is so bad that you swear she couldn't get the lead in a a high school play, much less a real movie. Even by the low standards of the romance genre, it's pathetic.