Protector

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Nikki is a former war hero whose life gets shattered when her daughter is kidnapped by sex traffickers. Thrust into a criminal underworld while also being hunted by police and the military, she fights by any means possible to rescue her child.

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Jacob Oller

AV Club

Mar 6

C-

Milla Jovovich snarls, stabs, and dual-wields her way through this grim copy of a copy, breaking the glass ceiling of who can star in one of these bloodthirsty parental nightmare-fantasies.

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Monica Castillo

RogerEbert.com

Mar 6

1/4

Dragged down by over-explanatory dialogue and tired narrative tropes, 'Protector' brings nothing new to the table–except maybe for a confounding 11th hour twist that I won’t spoil that defies reasoning and frankly, good taste.

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Mar 5

Protector, directed by Adrian Grunberg, doesn’t have the finesse of that Liam Neeson movie, but it does have Milla Jovovich, who breathes life into this brooding, occasionally stiff revenge thriller.

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George and Josh Bate

Battle Royale With Cheese

4d

3/10

Even for die hard fans of the 'save your child from bad guys' subgenre of action movies, the thrills here are few and far between

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

5d

1.5/4

A film that begins like Taken, then becomes First Blood, tries to be John Wick only to mind-shift into another noteworthy film that will have you smacking your own head.

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

Mar 8

If you are a fan of the genre, as long as the film did not look like dog shit like "A Working Man" (2025), then only action and empty violence with a veneer of meaning are required, and it checks those boxes.

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Floyd H

12h

Ok movie: Great case and well-paced. Took on a troubling subject.

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Rob

1d

Good action and revenge story but the editing and directing was weird

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Marshall

2d

Terrible , almost walked out several times. Dialogue was very bad, storyline predictable and action was ridiculous.

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Guito

2d

Solid movie. Didn’t like some of the writing but the twist at the end me made it worth it

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Roger H

3d

Worth a watch and plenty of action.

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Dan R

4d

Terrible acting, don't even waste your time. Worst movie of 2026, it could have been great but fell short.

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Captain Michaels

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Colonel Joseph Lavelle

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Nikki is a former war hero whose life gets shattered when her daughter is kidnapped by sex traffickers. Thrust into a criminal underworld while also being hunted by police and the military, she fights by any means possible to rescue her child.

Director: Adrian Grunberg
Screenwriter: Bong Seob Mun
Distributor: Magenta Light Studios
Production Co: Aanaxion Studio, 828 Productions, SSS Entertainment, Blossom Studios, Blossom Entertainment, BondIt Media Capital, American Picture House
Rating: R (Strong/Bloody Violence|Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 6, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Dolby
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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