Prisoner of War

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Prisoner of War

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Sep 2025

1h 50m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

War

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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