Kandahar
Seen it?2023 | 119 min | Action, Thriller, War
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and middling reviews (45% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, action fans and history buffs.
- The mood
- Tense, intense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
45% on Rotten Tomatoes, 52 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.8 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$9 million worldwide on a $30 million budget; spent 2 weeks in Netflix's global Top 10; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 215K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh
- Gerard ButlerTom Harris
- Navid NegahbanMohammad 'Mo' Doud
- Travis FimmelRoman Chalmers
- Ali FazalKahil Nasir
- Bahador FoladiFarzad Asadi
- Nina Toussaint-WhiteLuna Cujai
- Mark ArnoldMark Lowe
- Corey JohnsonChris Hoyt
- Hakeem JomahRasoul
- Tom Rhys HarriesOliver Altman