Just Play Dead turns a marriage into a battlefield, with each side plotting the other's downfall behind a mask of grief and money.
What is Just Play Dead about?
A criminal mastermind fakes his own death, hoping to collect a payout while pinning the blame for his disappearance on his wife's lover. His wife, however, has other plans, quietly working to make his death real and keep everything for herself once he's gone. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game between two people who know each other far too well, each trying to stay one step ahead while hiding just how much they already suspect. The film keeps both schemes running in parallel, letting the audience watch two liars try to out-lie one another without either side fully realizing how exposed they already are.
About the cast
Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green lead the cast as the film's warring couple, with María Pedraza, Eoin Macken and Jason Fernández rounding out a supporting cast built to keep the audience guessing about where everyone's loyalties actually sit.
Context & significance
Just Play Dead is a British thriller directed by Martin Campbell, working in the crime genre's long-running fascination with insurance fraud and marriages gone toxic. At 97 minutes, the film moves at a brisk pace, favouring tight plotting over a sprawling runtime, with a 2026 release that places it among genre films built around two equally matched, equally untrustworthy leads.
Watching Just Play Dead on Ktime
Just Play Dead is available on K-Time with a Farsi dub and Farsi subtitles, giving viewers the choice of watching in either language. The film's page can be browsed without logging in, and only starting playback requires a K-Time account, with the whole experience built around Persian-speaking audiences abroad who want a straightforward way to reach a new UK thriller.