Director: Jon Keeyes
Antonio Banderas headlines Cult Killer, a 2024 thriller that begins with a murder and doesn't let up. Director Jon Keeyes moves fast: a slain investigator, a scrambling protégé, and a town full of people who'd rather the case stayed closed.
What is Cult Killer about?
A private investigator with a spotless reputation is gunned down before he can close his last case. The job falls to his protégée, played by Alice Eve, who has more instinct than backup. Cornered by threats she doesn't fully understand, she strikes an uneasy bargain with the very person responsible for her mentor's death. Together they follow a trail of buried town secrets that implicates people who assumed their past was finished business. Antonio Banderas brings weight to a supporting role as the investigation closes in on truths several residents worked hard to keep quiet.
Cast & crew
Alice Eve carries the investigation as the newly promoted lead, trading her mentor's caution for riskier instincts as the case escalates. Antonio Banderas adds gravity opposite her, and Shelley Hennig and Olwen Fouéré fill out a supporting cast that keeps the town's suspects believable rather than cartoonish. Nick Dunning, Paul Reid, and Kwaku Fortune round out a cast built for a lean 105-minute runtime, with Kim DeLonghi also part of the ensemble in a story that leans on faces, not exposition, to carry tension.
Context & significance
Cult Killer arrived in 2024 as a small-scale American thriller, shot with the kind of economy typical of genre pictures built around one central mystery rather than sprawling mythology. Jon Keeyes directs with a focus on pace over polish, keeping the adventure-tinged crime plot moving across just 105 minutes. It sits comfortably alongside other mystery-thriller entries built for viewers who want a contained story with a beginning, middle, and resolution in a single sitting.
Where & how to watch
Cult Killer streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can follow every twist without switching languages. The film's page is free to browse; watching it requires logging into a K-Time account. The full interface, including search and recommendations, is available in Farsi.