A new trailer for Gerard Butler’s Kandahar features the star fighting his way across an Afghan desert in an epic race to survive. Butler is best known for starring in the likes of 300 and the popular Has Fallen action trilogy, most recently appearing in Plane. Kandahar, from director Ric Roman Waugh, sees the actor take on the role of CIA operative Tom Harris, who attempts to escape Afghanistan with his interpreter after their cover is blown.

The trailer sees Butler’s character sabotage Iran’s nuclear weapons program before his covert mission is exposed in a crippling intelligence leak. With his interpreter, played by Navid Negahban, Tom embarks on a dangerous mission across hostile territory in order to reach an extraction point in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The movie also stars Bahador Foladi, Olivia-Mai Barrett, Nina Toussaint-White, Ali Fazal, Fahim Fazli, and Ray Haratian, among others.

The release date for the movie is May 26, 2023.