Director: Chris Helton

Cast: Jeff Fahey, Judd Nelson, Maddie Henderson, Drew Waters, Katie Amess

The Final Run is a 2025 American action-drama film directed by Chris Helton, starring Jeff Fahey and Judd Nelson. Running 88 minutes, it follows a retired Marine-turned-smuggler forced back into the criminal underworld by a desperate personal crisis, blending gruff character drama with tense, stakes-driven action.

What is The Final Run about?

Pierce Butler spent decades putting his lawless past behind him — building a legitimate business, raising a family, and leaving the dangerous drug-running routes he once knew better than his own name. When his wife receives a devastating cancer diagnosis and the medical bills begin to devour everything he has built, Pierce faces an impossible choice. The only way to save their home, preserve his company, and fund her treatment is to reach back into a world he swore off for good. One last run. One final load. But returning to that life means confronting old adversaries, broken loyalties, and the very real possibility that this time there may be no clean exit. The film builds its tension around a man whose code of honor keeps colliding with the brutal arithmetic of survival.

Cast & crew

Jeff Fahey, a veteran of decades of American genre cinema, anchors the film as Pierce Butler, bringing weathered authority to a man whose body and conscience both bear old scars. Judd Nelson, known since the 1980s Brat Pack era, provides a counterweight presence. The supporting cast — Drew Waters, Maddie Henderson, Katie Amess, and Steve Blanchard — fills out a world of complicated alliances and quiet desperation.

Context & significance

For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, The Final Run lands in a well-loved corner of American genre filmmaking: the reluctant one-last-job thriller, a format whose moral weight translates across cultures with no adjustment needed. Stories about a patriarch sacrificing everything for his family's survival carry particular resonance for an Iranian diaspora community that has watched its own generations navigate sacrifice and reinvention abroad. The film is available with a full Persian dub, making it fully accessible for viewers who prefer watching in their language without relying on subtitles. At 88 minutes it is tightly paced — an ideal watch for a weeknight or weekend wind-down.

Where & how to watch

The Final Run is available on K-Time with a complete Persian dub, so you can watch the entire film in Persian with no subtitles required. Stream it on any web browser, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download. Cancel your K-Time subscription anytime.