Twenty years after a legendary showdown left him presumed dead, a figure from urban myth may still be walking among the residents of a struggling city block in Samaritan.
What is Samaritan about?
A boy convinced that a vanished superhero survived his final battle starts piecing together clues in his own neighborhood, certain that the quiet, reclusive man living nearby is more than he appears. As the boy's suspicions deepen, the story builds toward a confrontation that forces the older man to decide whether the fight he walked away from two decades ago is truly finished. The film leans into a grounded, working-class version of the superhero story, keeping its scale small and its focus on the relationship between the boy and the man he idolizes.
About the cast
Sylvester Stallone leads the cast opposite young star Javon Walton, with Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco, and Moisés Arias in supporting roles. Martin Starr, Jared Odrick, and Michael Aaron Milligan round out the ensemble.
Context & significance
Director Julius Avery sets the story in a rundown city environment rather than a glossy comic-book world, using the neighborhood setting to ground the superhero premise in everyday hardship. The genres listed for the film span drama, fantasy, and science fiction, reflecting a story that treats its central mystery as much a character study as a spectacle. That mix positions the film closer to street-level drama than to franchise-style action, with the boy's home life and the older man's isolation carrying as much screen time as any confrontation. The result is a superhero story told from the ground up, in a setting closer to a documentary about a struggling block than to a comic panel.
Watching Samaritan on Ktime
Samaritan streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available, so viewers can choose whichever suits them. All that's needed to start watching is a free K-Time account; browsing the film's page requires no login at all. K-Time's Farsi-language platform makes titles like this easy to discover for Persian-speaking audiences across the diaspora.