Kandahar (2023)
Gerard Butler’s back in beast mode, but this time it’s smart beast mode. In Kandahar, he’s Tom Harris—a CIA ghost whose cover gets blown wide open in the Afghan badlands. One leak, and suddenly every warlord, merc, and militia wants his head on a spike. Cue a 400-mile death sprint across sun-scorched hell with only his translator Mo (Navid Negahban, pure soul) by his side.
No slow-mo hero walks here—just raw, practical chaos: night-vision ambushes, dust-choked chases, and decisions that’ll gut you. Ali Fazal’s slick ISI hunter and Travis Fimmel’s unhinged merc crank the threat to 11. Director Ric Roman Waugh (Greenland, Angel Has Fallen) keeps it grounded—no CGI overkill, just sweat, strategy, and the brutal cost of loyalty.
Butler grunts, growls, and feels it. Negahban? Steals every scene with quiet dignity. At 119 minutes, it’s tight, tense, and doesn’t waste a bullet. Less Plane, more Lone Survivor—if you crave action with a brain and a heartbeat, saddle up.
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