Interesting albeit misguided attempt by Cannon Films to take Lawrence of Arabia and combine with both The Blue Lagoon and The Great Race (as described perfectly in the Cannon Films doc Electric Boogaoo). This combination could work if the concept is properly refined but here, it just consistently goes off the rails with some truly weird scenes that have to be seen to be believed.
Still, Sahara isn’t all bad. Brooke Shields is quite good as our hero, the ing cast is pretty good (particularly…