Director: Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
Cast: Javad Ezzati, Rana Azadivar, Hanie Tavassoli, Saeed Changizian, Elahe Hesari
Zakhme Kari 3 — Cinematic Version is a 2024 Iranian drama, crime, and mystery film directed by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian, presenting the theatrical cut of the third season of the acclaimed Mortal Wound series. Clocking in at 121 minutes, it distills a layered corporate-crime saga into a single immersive feature.
What is Zakhme Kari 3 - Cinematic Version about?
Maleki holds a senior management post at a prosperous firm steered by the influential Rizabadi. When Rizabadi assigns him to lead high-stakes negotiations with a Norwegian delegation over a multimillion-dollar oil contract, Maleki steps into a world where business and danger converge. Once the deal is signed and the transfer of funds begins, the full weight of what he has committed to starts pressing down on him — loyalties are tested, motives grow murky, and the line between opportunity and peril blurs at every turn. The film builds its tension through institutional corridors and hushed boardrooms rather than street-level action, tracing how ordinary ambition can draw professionals into extraordinary jeopardy.
Cast & crew
Director Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian leads a strong ensemble. Javad Ezzati anchors the film as Maleki, bringing understated intensity to his role. Rana Azadivar and Hanie Tavassoli lend depth to the surrounding drama. The cast further includes Saeed Changizian, Elahe Hesari, Abbas Jamshidi Far, Mahdi Zaminpardaz, and Kazem HajirAzad, each contributing to the film's intricate web of power and pressure.
Context & significance
The Mortal Wound series occupies a distinctive corner of contemporary Iranian television — a prestige crime drama willing to examine the intersection of corporate power, state-adjacent business deals, and personal moral compromise. For diaspora viewers who grew up watching Iranian serials, this cinematic version offers a streamlined entry point into the story's third arc without the episodic pacing of the original broadcast run. The film reflects a maturing genre tradition in Iranian production: crime and mystery narratives that centre institutional corruption rather than individual villainy, speaking to anxieties about economic precarity and professional ethics that resonate well beyond Iran's borders.
Where & how to watch
Zakhme Kari 3 — Cinematic Version is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. Stream it on the web, your TV, or your phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN required. Cancel anytime.