Kandahar (2023)
Country: US/SAU
Technical: col/2.39:1 119m
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Bahador Foladi, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal
Synopsis:
A covert operative in Iran is instrumental in destroying a uranium enrichment site, only to be trapped with his interpreter when a secondary mission in Afghanistan is cancelled in the fallout. The Taliban have allowed Iranian civil guard to extract him, and Pakistani Intelligence wants him for reasons of its own.
Review:
The first half of this political thriller is quite promising, with reminiscences of Syriana in its engagement of the viewer in a range of locations and characters shot with a roving camera. It then turns into a Behind Enemy Lines/Rambo pursuit, and ignores the larger geo-political arena that made it interesting in the first place. A telephone call home and campfire dialogue with his guide only add to the sense of platitude and overload the running time.
Country: US/SAU
Technical: col/2.39:1 119m
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Bahador Foladi, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal
Synopsis:
A covert operative in Iran is instrumental in destroying a uranium enrichment site, only to be trapped with his interpreter when a secondary mission in Afghanistan is cancelled in the fallout. The Taliban have allowed Iranian civil guard to extract him, and Pakistani Intelligence wants him for reasons of its own.
Review:
The first half of this political thriller is quite promising, with reminiscences of Syriana in its engagement of the viewer in a range of locations and characters shot with a roving camera. It then turns into a Behind Enemy Lines/Rambo pursuit, and ignores the larger geo-political arena that made it interesting in the first place. A telephone call home and campfire dialogue with his guide only add to the sense of platitude and overload the running time.
Country: US/SAU
Technical: col/2.39:1 119m
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Bahador Foladi, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal
Synopsis:
A covert operative in Iran is instrumental in destroying a uranium enrichment site, only to be trapped with his interpreter when a secondary mission in Afghanistan is cancelled in the fallout. The Taliban have allowed Iranian civil guard to extract him, and Pakistani Intelligence wants him for reasons of its own.
Review:
The first half of this political thriller is quite promising, with reminiscences of Syriana in its engagement of the viewer in a range of locations and characters shot with a roving camera. It then turns into a Behind Enemy Lines/Rambo pursuit, and ignores the larger geo-political arena that made it interesting in the first place. A telephone call home and campfire dialogue with his guide only add to the sense of platitude and overload the running time.