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Kandahar

Movie·2023·Action, Thriller, War·1h 59m·6.8 (1,255)·Directed by Ric Roman Waugh

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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.

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Gerard ButlerGerard ButlerTom HarrisNavid NegahbanNavid NegahbanMohammad 'Mo' DoudTravis FimmelTravis FimmelRoman ChalmersAli FazalAli FazalKahil NasirBahador FoladiBahador FoladiFarzad AsadiNina Toussaint-WhiteNina Toussaint-WhiteLuna CujaiMark ArnoldMark ArnoldMark LoweCorey JohnsonCorey JohnsonChris Hoyt

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