Kandahar

2023 • Movie • 32,009 views

Overview

Kandahar is a 2023 action thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh, starring Gerard Butler as Tom Harris, a CIA operative who is working undercover in Afghanistan. He is betrayed and exposed, and he must fight his way to an extraction point in Kandahar. The film is set in the harsh, unforgiving landscape of Afghanistan. Harris is accompanied by a translator, Mo (Navid Negahban), and they are pursued by the Taliban and the Iranian military. The film is a tense, realistic, and gritty action movie, with a focus on character and atmosphere. It was a commercial disappointment, earning only $9 million on a $50 million budget. It was praised for its performances and its depiction of the complexities of the war in Afghanistan.