Protector (2025 film)

Protector (2025 film)

Protector is a 2025 action thriller film directed by Adrian Grünberg and written by Bong-Seob Mun.

Plot

Protector (2025 film)

Nikki is an ex-soldier who left her violent life behind to raise her daughter Chloe. Eventually, Nikki wakes up in an abandoned factory and learns that Chloe has been kidnapped, and sets her off in a race against time to comb through the criminal underworld in search of Chloe as she eludes both the cops and the military.

Cast

Protector (2025 film)

• Milla Jovovich as Nikki Halsted • Isabel Myers as Chloe Halsted • Shane Williams as Ben Blaine • D. B. Sweeney as Captain Michaels • Matthew Modine as Colonel Joseph Lavelle • Michael Stahl-David as Detective John Blake • Lydia Hull as Detective Alexa Jane • Chase E. Kim as Detective Jin Woo • Don Harvey as Sullivan • Texas Battle as SWAT Team Leader Savoy • Manny Montana as Victor The Butcher • Brooklyn Sudano as Detective Keyes • Nick Genta as Control Room Boss • Gabriel Sloyer as The Chairman • Yoko Hamamura as Kodera • Arica Himmel as Ellie

Production

Protector (2025 film)

In November 2024, it was reported Milla Jovovich would star in Protector for Highland Film Group, a Taken-like action-thriller film to be directed by Adrian Grünberg from a script by Bong-Seob Mun. Filming was reported to take place in New Mexico.

In May 2025, it was reported that principal photography had wrapped.

Release

Protector (2025 film)

The film premiered on September 19, 2025 at the 30th Busan International Film Festival in the Midnight Passion section. It was released on March 6, 2026 in the United States by Magenta Light Studios, and was released in South Korea on March 25, by Ascendio Entertainment.

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 22% of 27 critics' reviews are positive. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100 based on 6 critics, which the site labels as "mixed or average" reviews.