Director: Simon West
Old Guy, director Simon West's 2024 action-comedy, pairs a weary contract killer with the last person he wants as a partner: a cocky rookie half his age.
What is Old Guy about?
Danny Dolinski has spent decades in the field for a shadowy outfit known simply as The Company, and he is tired of it, mostly because it keeps him away from Anata, the club manager he's been quietly courting. Just as he's ready to hang it up, his handlers pull him back for one more assignment, except this time the job comes with a catch: training Wihlborg, a talented but insufferable Gen Z assassin who treats decades of tradecraft like an inconvenience. The mismatched pair are thrown together on missions that expose just how differently two generations of killers think about the work, the risk, and the point of it all. West leans into culture-clash comedy as much as gunplay, using the generational friction between Danny and Wihlborg to needle at how the profession, and the world around it, has changed since Danny started.
Cast & crew
Christoph Waltz plays Danny with the dry, unbothered menace he's known for, while Cooper Hoffman takes on Wihlborg as the brash counterpoint constantly testing his patience. Lucy Liu rounds out the cast in a key supporting role, adding another layer to the tangled loyalties surrounding The Company.
Context & significance
Old Guy is a UK-US production released in 2024, directed by Simon West, whose background in action filmmaking shapes the film's blend of practical stunt work and comic timing. Running 93 minutes, the film keeps its central odd-couple dynamic front and center rather than sprawling into a wider franchise-style plot.
Where & how to watch
Old Guy streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking audiences full access to the film's dialogue-driven humor. Anyone can read the film's page without logging in, while watching the title itself requires a K-Time account, on a service built with the Iranian diaspora and a Farsi-language interface in mind.