Director: Brian Skiba
A routine day for a logging crew turns into a fight for survival in Clear Cut, a lean survival thriller from director Brian Skiba.
What is Clear Cut about?
A crew of loggers working deep in the forest stumbles onto something no one was supposed to find: a hidden lab producing methamphetamine for a drug cartel. When the operation's owners realize they've been seen, the loggers become targets instead of witnesses, and the isolated woods that once felt like just another job site turn into hostile territory with no easy way out. The story follows their scramble to survive as the cartel closes in from every direction.
Cast & crew
Clive Standen and Tom Welling anchor the crew of loggers caught in the crossfire, while Stephen Dorff and Alec Baldwin appear as figures tied to the cartel's operation. Jesse Metcalfe, Lochlyn Munro, Lucy Martin, and Chelsey Reist round out the ensemble across the film's small cast.
Context & significance
Directed by Brian Skiba and released in 2024, Clear Cut is a United States production that keeps its premise simple: ordinary workers, an unexpected discovery, and a cartel that won't let witnesses walk away. At 88 minutes, the film moves quickly, staying close to its forest setting rather than expanding into a wider crime story. It sits in a lineage of survival thrillers where the wilderness itself becomes as much an obstacle as the people hunting the main characters, and the small cast keeps the danger feeling personal rather than abstract.
Where & how to watch
K-Time carries Clear Cut with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles alongside the English original, so viewers can pick the version that fits them best. A free K-Time account login is needed to press play, though this page can be read without signing in. The platform's Farsi interface is built specifically for Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora.