
Kandahar
2023 · Movie · R · 119 min · ★ 6.8 · 49% critics
After a covert mission is exposed, an undercover intelligence operative is stranded in hostile territory and must reach a distant extraction point. Traveling with a local translator, they navigate shifting alliances, rival factions, and relentless pursuers, where every decision tests trust, survival, and the human cost of conflict.
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-05-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 49/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (1,248 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grounded, desert-set chase thriller with bursts of action and a more thoughtful tone, similar to Plane or Angel Has Fallen; Not for you if you want nonstop adrenaline or a tightly streamlined plot.
Pros: tense escape setup; strong lead performances; gritty survival stakes | Cons: uneven pacing; predictable, cliché plot; too much dialogue
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- undercover agent
- behind enemy lines
Cast & crew

Gerard Butler
as Tom Harris

Navid Negahban
as Mohammad 'Mo' Doud

Travis Fimmel
as Roman Chalmers

Ali Fazal
as Kahil Nasir

Bahador Foladi
as Farzad Asadi

Nina Toussaint-White
as Luna Cujai

Mark Arnold
as Mark Lowe

Corey Johnson
as Chris Hoyt

Hakeem Jomah
as Rasoul

Tom Rhys Harries
as Oliver Altman
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh