Director: John Patton Ford
Money can turn a quiet family into a battlefield, and that is exactly the territory John Patton Ford stakes out in "How to Make A Killing" (2025), a pitch-black comic thriller about greed dressed up as ambition.
What is How to Make A Killing about?
When a coveted inheritance suddenly looks within reach, a young man starts weighing exactly how far he is willing to go to secure it. What begins as idle resentment toward relatives who stand between him and the family fortune curdles into calculation, then into something far more dangerous. The film tracks his scheme with a comic touch that never lets the audience get too comfortable, letting small lies snowball into larger ones while the people around him remain mostly unaware of what he is capable of. Told with a dry, observational rhythm, the story is less interested in shock than in the slow unraveling of a man convincing himself that murder is simply a means to an end.
Cast & crew
Glen Powell leads as the scheming heir, bringing a magnetic, faintly unsettling charm to a character who talks himself into terrible decisions one reasonable-sounding step at a time. Margaret Qualley and Jessica Henwick round out the central circle, while veteran character actors Ed Harris, Bill Camp, Topher Grace, and Zach Woods add texture and unease to the periphery of the plot. Bianca Amato also appears in the ensemble.
Context & significance
"How to Make A Killing" comes from director John Patton Ford, whose prior work has shown a taste for stories where economic pressure pushes ordinary people toward extreme choices. Filmed across the United Kingdom, France, and South Africa, the production blends genres, weaving comedy, drama, and thriller elements into a single darkly funny package that arrived in 2025 to strong festival buzz.
Where & how to watch
The film is available to watch on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking audiences can follow every twist of the plot in their own language. Reading this page requires no account, but streaming the film itself does — simply log in with a free K-Time account to start watching. K-Time's interface is fully Farsi-friendly, built for the Iranian diaspora audience from the ground up.