Director: Jim Towns
Peace never lasts long for a man who used to kill for a living, and "Killer Ex" (2024) puts that idea to the test the moment a former flame reappears on his doorstep with a trail of hired guns close behind her.
What is Killer Ex about?
The premise sets up a domestic life that looks stable on the surface: a former assassin has settled down, built routines with his family, and left contract work in the past. That fragile calm breaks apart when his ex-girlfriend turns up out of nowhere, dragging a string of armed pursuers straight into his front yard. What follows is less about mystery and more about escalation, as old professional instincts get pulled back to the surface while he tries to protect the people he has built a life around. The film moves at an action-first pace, stacking confrontations and close-quarters fights rather than lingering on dialogue, and it uses its ninety-four minutes to keep the pressure on the household from letting up. Expect a genre piece built around body count and momentum rather than plot twists, aimed squarely at viewers who want their action lean and their stakes personal.
Cast & crew
José Luis Toress II anchors the lead role, working through a mix of hand-to-hand combat and firearms sequences that carry much of the film's weight. Michel Qissi and Gerald Okamura, both familiar faces from decades of action and martial-arts cinema, bring genre credibility to the supporting cast, while Elena Churinova plays the ex whose reappearance sets the plot in motion.
Context & significance
Director Jim Towns works in the lower-budget American action space, where the draw is less about polish and more about delivering fight choreography and shootouts at a steady clip. Released in 2024, the film sits alongside a wave of direct-style action titles built around a single premise, a threatened household, and a protagonist whose past refuses to stay buried.
Where & how to watch
Killer Ex streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing, presented in a Farsi-language interface designed for the Iranian diaspora. Watching the film requires logging into a free K-Time account, though this page itself is free to read without signing in.