Director: David Mamet

Cast: Evan Jonigkeit, Shia LaBeouf, Chris Bauer, Dominic Hoffman, Ari Basile

Henry Johnson is a 2025 American drama film directed by David Mamet, running 85 minutes, and starring Evan Jonigkeit alongside Shia LaBeouf, Chris Bauer, Dominic Hoffman, and Ari Basile. It is a taut procedural thriller about one ordinary man's collision with an indifferent, labyrinthine legal system.

What is Henry Johnson about?

Henry Johnson leads an unremarkable life until one morning when law enforcement arrives at his door and he is taken into custody without any clear charge or explanation. Stripped of context, he finds himself processed through a series of interrogations and bureaucratic corridors where no one seems interested in hearing his account. The people around him — investigators, officials, legal representatives — speak past him rather than to him, each interaction eroding his grip on who he is and what is real. His attempts to assert basic facts about himself are met with procedural indifference or quiet hostility. The film stays close to his perspective, letting the audience feel the mounting disorientation as Henry tries to navigate a system that appears to have made up its mind before he ever arrived.

Cast & crew

David Mamet, the playwright and filmmaker behind celebrated works of American theater and cinema, brings his signature clipped, pressure-cooker dialogue to this story. Evan Jonigkeit carries the film as the title character, holding the camera's attention through sustained restraint. Shia LaBeouf, Chris Bauer, Dominic Hoffman, and Ari Basile round out the ensemble, each embodying a different face of institutional authority.

Context & significance

For Persian-speaking viewers abroad, Henry Johnson speaks to a deeply familiar anxiety: the experience of being misread or misidentified by systems designed for someone else. Many diaspora viewers have navigated bureaucracies — immigration offices, legal processes, government agencies — where documentation and identity become slippery, contested terrain. Mamet's stripped-down style, closer to theater than Hollywood spectacle, rewards patient viewers who appreciate dialogue-driven tension. The film is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it fully accessible regardless of how you prefer to watch.

Where & how to watch

Henry Johnson is available now on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on any browser, your TV, or your phone — no extra download required, no VPN needed, no geo-blocking. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.