Our heroes need to catch a plane in ‘Kandahar’, but this pedestrian action flick never takes off

“Kandahar” (2023) – These days, if you look up the latest releases arriving at the local cineplex and see Gerard Butler’s name appearing in the credits, you can bet a dollar that the man is tied to an action movie.  Granted, this critic hasn’t seen most of his films.  Still, Gerard has developed a Liam Neeson-like reputation for consistently stepping – or running – into the genre.  Director Ric Roman Waugh – who worked with Mr. Butler on “Angel Has Fallen” (2019) and “Greenland” (2020) – helms “Kandahar”, a film…