Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Prisoner of War

Play trailer 1:55 Poster for Prisoner of War R Sep 2025 1h 50m Action Mystery & Thriller War Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
67% Tomatometer 15 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Starring martial arts icon Scott Adkins as British SAS officer James Wright, Prisoner of War tells the story of a soldier captured by the Japanese and held in a Philippine POW camp. Before the entire colony embarks upon the Bataan Death March, Wright and his fellow prisoners are forced to compete in brutal death matches for the entertainment of their captors. Adkins puts in a career-best performance as the man who may be able to save them all.
Watch on Fandango at Home Stream Now

Where to Watch

Prisoner of War

Critics Reviews

View More (15)
Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com The film may sometimes deliver what you hope for, but it’s an otherwise sloppy outing for Adkins, who by now should expect more from himself and his audience. Rated: 2.5/4 Sep 19, 2025 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies The hard-working Adkins does most of the heavy lifting, impressively kicking and punching life into this serviceable throwback action movie. Rated: 2.5/5 Oct 22, 2025 Full Review Matt Glasby Radio Times Too silly to fully convince, but too serious to enjoy as escapism, it ends up stranded in movie no-man's land. Rated: 2/5 Oct 15, 2025 Full Review Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media While leading actor Adkins can be relied on to commit to physically demanding roles, this wartime action thriller will fatigue its viewers almost as much as its star. Rated: 2/5 Oct 6, 2025 Full Review Daniel Gorman In Review Online Regardless of how one chooses to read it, Prisoner of War delivers what it says on the tin. Oct 2, 2025 Full Review Brandon Avery Just My Opinion Reviews An inspiring fight for survival. Scott Adkins is a martial arts legend, and never disappoints. Rated: 8.5/10 Sep 25, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More (19)
Ken M 4 stars. It's not breaking any new ground but I feel the movie generally tries to honor both sides of the war, often in small or subtle ways (for example, Japanese military who were sympathetic to the POW atrocities.) Good fight scenes though the acting is average for the most part. The portrayal of Japanese POW atrocities might be difficult for some to view, but are not nearly as bad as what really happened or could have been shown. I like how the Filipino population is represented, though I wish they had been shown in a stronger manner. The movie is too white-western-centric (white man comes and saves everyone....) I don't think I saw one person of color though don't know the historical accuracy of how often they were taken captive (versus being executed). Still worth a watch if you're in the mood for a WW2 revenge film with good martial arts fight scenes. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/19/25 Full Review Robert B Great film. Ignore the critics, once again. Good acting, great fight scenes and gripping stuff. A cross between First Blood and Kickboxer. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/18/25 Full Review Shaun O Its an ok film, a bit cliched and slow in places, defiantly not the best war film about. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/08/25 Full Review Stephen P. P Dramatic masterpiece of action and emotion set during one of the most horrific scenes of World War II. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/08/25 Full Review Bill D Outstanding performances by Scott Adkins and Peter Shinkoda. It's now streaming on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, etc. and will be available on Blu-ray and DVD next month. Don't miss it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/05/25 Full Review Timothy E Scott Adkins is a great actor. This was a good movie even though it was kind of slow. It was still good. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/25 Full Review Read all reviews
Prisoner of War

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW
Monkey Man 89% 81% Monkey Man Watchlist TRAILER for Monkey Man Sisu 94% 88% Sisu Watchlist TRAILER for Sisu John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum 89% 86% John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum Watchlist TRAILER for John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum John Wick: Chapter 4 94% 93% John Wick: Chapter 4 Watchlist TRAILER for John Wick: Chapter 4 40 Acres 89% 94% 40 Acres Watchlist TRAILER for 40 Acres Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis Starring martial arts icon Scott Adkins as British SAS officer James Wright, Prisoner of War tells the story of a soldier captured by the Japanese and held in a Philippine POW camp. Before the entire colony embarks upon the Bataan Death March, Wright and his fellow prisoners are forced to compete in brutal death matches for the entertainment of their captors. Adkins puts in a career-best performance as the man who may be able to save them all.
Director
Louis Mandylor
Producer
Marc Clebanoff, Brandon Menchen, Michael Copon
Screenwriter
Scott Adkins, Marc Clebanoff
Distributor
Well Go USA Entertainment
Production Co
Brand in Motion, Odyssey Motion Pictures, Myriad Entertainment, Reality MM Studios
Rating
R (Strong Violence|Some Language)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 19, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 19, 2025
Runtime
1h 50m
Most Popular at Home Now