Sahara (1983)

Young American heiress to an automobile industry, and auto racer, goes to Africa to take part in a Sahara rally. Trouble is, there is a tribal war along the rally route.

Reportedly a variation on The Sheik (1921), with echoes also of The Wind and the Lion (1975), it is also an allegory on World War II, where Gypsies stand for Jews, and the two warring desert tribes stand respectively for the Nazis and the Allies. It would not be an unreasonable interpretation to say that circumstances dictated that America, a young virgin, would go to bed with the Soviet Union. Further parallels could be drawn at one's own risk. Apart from this amusing allegorical aspect, the film is antiquated, and will provide for some entertainment only on the most basic level.

Rating: 33