Review of Kandahar (2023) by Jluis_001 — 18 Jun 2023

Gerard Butler once again stars in an action thriller, lacking in originality and any kind of plot depth but modestly respectable in its staging.

However, it's quite difficult to expect variety when the leading man himself doesn't know what that is. Sometimes a few sequences can give the ensemble a bit of a boost in matters of entertainment, but when the whole thing is so predictable, so dull and so implausible, it gets exhausting. Kandahar fails to give weight to the political ramifications of its plot, so they end up exposed as mere excuses for the main character to be the hero rather than having anything decent to say that would be worth listening to through this film. But I never expected otherwise. Had it been different, that's where the real surprise would have resided.