Cameron Lee
Contrary to what I was expecting of the movie, Sahara turned out to be quite to my liking. It didn't support the Allies as much as bash everyone else. The movie lowered the "mighty" Arian race to that of everyone else by showing that they too were only human. Everyone needs the basic parts of life to survive and when even the Nazi's couldn't hold out it showed their weakness in a real way. This also showed the compassion(?) on the Allied side by allowing the Germans to make their way to the water, instead of mowing them down.
Of the six categories however, the movie failed to display some of them, but was showed the others very effectively. I didn't see much of the Production Front or the Home Front but the others were very well represented. We saw the nature of the enemy present itself in the POW's and the soldiers knew what they were fighting for when they made their stand at the ruins. Our Allies in Arms may have showed fear in the beginning but they came through by the end of the movie just like what was expected of them. Everyone was fighting for their freedom and it meant their lives to them. It even made the French look good. These soldiers knew the overall goal of the war was to win and they knew it was their duty to see that through, even if it cost them everything.
However there was the happy ending we were all looking for, which would attribute to the greater impact of the movie. We always like to see our side win and even if only one person makes it out, it wasn't in vain. It was a humorous bonus to see the well full of water though.