"Jewel of the Sahara" is a 17-minute live action short film from 15 years ago starring Hollywood big name Gerard Butler before his major breakthrough with the industry. The co-writer and director is Israeli filmmaker Ariel Vromen. It's always disappointing for me to see so many people work on the script of such a short film and still come up with something so irrelevant and bar any significance. This tries to be so much: comedy film, drama, fantasy movie... but it is not elaborated properly in any of these areas and that's why it is a major disappointment I have to say. Then again, I am not the greatest Gerard Butler fan, so I may be a bit biased. But i also found the cinematography lacking. From a (short) film set in the Sahara, I really expect more beauty in terms of the locations used in the film. As a whole, not a complete failure, but not a good film at all either. Thumbs down.
Review of Jewel of the Sahara
