Director: Daniel Markowicz
A weapon capable of turning ordinary people into savage killers sits at the center of Soulcatcher, a Polish action thriller built around one man's mission to get it back.
What is Soulcatcher about?
A military contractor takes on a job to track down and seize a dangerous device rumored to be capable of turning anyone exposed to it into a violent, uncontrollable threat. The assignment turns personal when his own brother is exposed to the weapon's effects, pushing the contractor from a paid recovery mission into something closer to a vendetta. Moving through safe houses, black-market deals, and armed standoffs, he has to track down whoever is responsible while keeping the device from falling into worse hands. Director Daniel Markowicz keeps the film grounded in practical action, favoring close-quarters fights and chase sequences over large-scale spectacle.
Cast & crew
Piotr Witkowski leads the film as the contractor driving the search, with Jacek Koman and Jacek Poniedzialek in key supporting roles. Mariusz Bonaszewski, Aleksandra Adamska, Vansh Luthra, Sebastian Stankiewicz, and Mateusz Mlodzianowski round out the cast across the film's network of allies and adversaries.
Context & significance
Soulcatcher, released in 2023 out of Poland, sits in a run of lean, mid-budget action thrillers built around a single clear objective rather than a sprawling plot. At 99 minutes, the film moves quickly between confrontations, using the personal stakes of the contractor's search to keep the shorter runtime feeling purposeful rather than rushed. The production leans on practical stunt work and location shooting across a string of European settings, giving the chases and shootouts a tangible, grounded weight that fits the story's low-fantasy premise about a weaponized device rather than anything overtly supernatural.
Where & how to watch
Soulcatcher is available on K-Time with a free account login, and the platform's Farsi interface helps Persian-speaking viewers browse action and thriller titles like this one without friction. This title includes both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so viewers can choose whichever format suits them. No payment information is needed to read this page; only watching the film requires signing in.