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Kandahar (2023)

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Kandahar, starring Gerard Butler, is a not very successful mixture of war movie and action thriller.

Scottish actor Butler has made a name for himself playing working class heroes in ‘meat & potatoes’ action movies. Like a younger version of Liam Neeson’s ‘dad movies.’

Butler has found a collaborator in Ric Roman Waugh, who previously directed him in rela…

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