For Matthew McConaughey, this was probably supposed to be a franchise starter as Dirk Pitt. For Clive Cussler fans it was a true representation of the novels. For everyone else it was just an average action film. McConaughey is marine salvage explorer Dirk Pitt and while chasing the legend of the Confederate Ironside carrying Confederate gold coins, he crosses paths with W.H.O. doctor Penelope Cruz. Cruz is hunting down the source of a super-contagious disease in Africa and is making the wrong people mad. She gets in trouble, Pitt rescues her, and then their hunt seems to merge. True to the Cussler novels, Pitt is larger than life and his adventures are outlandish. But somehow a throwaway beach read doesn't effectively translate to big screen action-drama. Maybe today as a netflix series it would work well (certainly there are enough novels for several seasons), but in 2005 we weren't there yet.
3 stars (out of 5)
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