It’s interesting that Gerard Butler has developed into sort of the modern king of B-movie action cinema.
When his stuff is a little bit ridiculous, he seems to be in his element. It’s when he goes for the grittier or more realistic options, he appears far blander and the work comes up short.
We had an example of the former with Plane, though this film, Kandahar, is most certainly an example of the latter. By trying to be about something more, it actually ends up being even more clearly a paper thin experience.
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Kandahar is so paper-thin, it’s all the more disappointing because the talent involved does seem to think they’re making something a bit deeper.
Coming on the heels of Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant does this one no favors, either. Very similar, at least in broad strokes, it comes up rather short by any comparison.
