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…
The only thing more dangerous than the mission is the escape.
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.
Top Cast
Gerard Butler
Tom Harris
Navid Negahban
Mohammad 'Mo' Doud
Travis Fimmel
Roman Chalmers
Ali Fazal
Kahil Nasir
Bahador Foladi
Farzad Asadi
Nina Toussaint-White
Luna Cujai
Mark Arnold
Mark Lowe
Corey Johnson
Chris Hoyt
Hakeem Jomah
Rasoul
Tom Rhys Harries
Oliver Altman
Ray Haratian
Ismail Rabbani
Elnaaz Norouzi
Shina Asadi
Olivia-Mai Barrett
Ida Harris
Rebecca Calder
Corrine Harris
Vassilis Koukalani
Bashar
Farzad Bagheri
Parshand
Reviews
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.…
The Best
Gerard Butler is an actor who knows his strengths and takes roles that play to them, and his charismatic lead performance is one of the best things about “Kandahar,” a military action thriller about undercover CIA operative Tom (Gerard Butler) who is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan with his translator, Mo (Navid Negahban). It’s vaguely familiar to this year’s “The Covenant” from Guy Ritchie, yet the…
FAQ about Kandahar
What is Kandahar about?
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…
When was Kandahar released?
Kandahar was released in 2023.
What genres does Kandahar belong to?
Kandahar is categorised as Action, Thriller, War.
Who stars in Kandahar?
The cast of Kandahar includes Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Travis Fimmel, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi.