Kandahar is a 2023 action thriller war film directed by Ric Roman Waugh, and written by Mitchell LaFortune. Waugh is no stranger to action thriller films as he previously directed Greenland (2020) and Angel has Fallen (2019), also starring Butler, as well as Shot Caller (2017), Snitch (2013), and Felon (2008).
An undercover CIA operative gets stuck in hostile territory in Afghanistan after his mission is exposed. Accompanied by his translator, he must fight enemy combatants as he tries to reach an extraction point in Kandahar.
The cast includes Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi, Nina Toussaint-White, Vassilis Koukalani, Mark Arnold, Corey Johnson, and Travis Fimmel.
Kandahar is set to debut in theaters May 26th, courtesy of Open Road Films. Watch the official trailer below.