Kandahar

“The only thing more dangerous than the mission is the escape.”

6.8

2023

1h 59m

ActionThrillerWar

Director: Ric Roman Waugh

Overview

After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.

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Cast

Tom Harris

Gerard Butler

Tom Harris

Mohammad 'Mo' Doud

Navid Negahban

Mohammad 'Mo' Doud

Roman Chalmers

Travis Fimmel

Roman Chalmers

Kahil Nasir

Ali Fazal

Kahil Nasir

Farzad Asadi

Bahador Foladi

Farzad Asadi

Luna Cujai

Nina Toussaint-White

Luna Cujai

Mark Lowe

Mark Arnold

Mark Lowe

Chris Hoyt

Corey Johnson

Chris Hoyt

Rasoul

Hakeem Jomah

Rasoul

Oliver Altman

Tom Rhys Harries

Oliver Altman

Ismail Rabbani

Ray Haratian

Ismail Rabbani

Shina Asadi

Elnaaz Norouzi

Shina Asadi

Reviews

Leno

A CIA agent in Afghanistan has to try escape the hostile territory when his disguise is blown. If you apply some suspension of disbelief to accept that it would be possible to a single man to survive being followed by an army of enemies, Kandahar is actually a quite well-made movie! Very contemporary, following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the movie does a good job showing the hostile atmosphere where different factions (Taliban, I.S.I.S, and the Iranian government) fight each other but have a common hatred towards the western interference. Definitely worth watching, especially if you enjoy "war escape" movies.

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MovieGuys

Yet another military pot boiler, starring, once again, Gerard Butler. Kandahar pretends to be open and inclusive. There's a modest plug for nationalism/patriotism, from the perspective of different nations.That said, this film is essentially about saving a man who commits a pretty awful act of terrorism, in another nation, at the behest of the CIA. Its quite watchable, there's a lot of serviceable action. That' said, its hard to overlook the predictable marketing of US/UK exceptionalism as "A-OK". Sorry but as far as this viewers concerned, it's anything but "OK". In summary, a pro Western military action flick. Quite watchable in its own way but as they say "it is what it is". There's no changing that.

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