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06/04/2005 Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery 2h 4m
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Adventure has a new destination.

Overview

Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up.

  1. Breck Eisner

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Matthew McConaughey

    Dirk Pitt

  2. Penélope Cruz

    Dr. Eva Rojas

  3. Steve Zahn

    Al Giordino

  4. Lennie James

    General Zateb Kazim

  5. Lambert Wilson

    Yves Massarde

  6. William H. Macy

    Admiral Jim Sandecker

  7. Rainn Wilson

    Rudi Gunn

  8. Glynn Turman

    Dr. Frank Hopper

  9. Jude Akuwudike

    Imam

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14
Words like "Literary work" and "Clive Cussler" really shouldn't be in the same sentence.

Hey...chill...I love Clive Cussler, I honestly do. In fact I'll put him in the same league as Elmore Leonard and Louis L'Amour and I will put them in the same league as Dumas and Doyle.

They all write pulp fiction, adventure, crime, mystery, horror, whatever, they all fall under the title "pulp" and I can admit that I eat them whole, without swallowing...

...and without the need to call them "Literary" in an effort to save face.

I have the academic degrees somewhere in a box, the intellectual p...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$130,000,000.00

Revenue
$119,269,486.00

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