Prisoner of War

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Prisoner of War

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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.

Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Sep 19

2.5/4

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.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Oct 22

2.5/5

The hard-working Adkins does most of the heavy lifting, impressively kicking and punching life into this serviceable throwback action movie.

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Matt Glasby

Radio Times

Oct 15

2/5

Too silly to fully convince, but too serious to enjoy as escapism, it ends up stranded in movie no-man's land.

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

Oct 6

2/5

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.

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

Oct 2

Regardless of how one chooses to read it, Prisoner of War delivers what it says on the tin.

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Brandon Avery

Just My Opinion Reviews

Sep 25

8.5/10

An inspiring fight for survival. Scott Adkins is a martial arts legend, and never disappoints.

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Melvin Luke G

@RT99158630 Mar 15

I wasn't too sure what to expect going into this film other than knowing that it starred Scott Adkins and to expect some kick ass fight scenes, and I wasn't wrong plus the plot and the setting was unique, this movie delivered something fresh that most action style movies don't sometimes deliver anymore as they did back in the late 80s and early 90s. Don't take my word for it, watch the film and create your opinion as it's the only true way to know.

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Dianna S

@dangerousdee59 Feb 23

I like the martial arts action scenes. It was fun and brutal. But I gave it a 4 star because at 1:35 and 28 seconds someone quietly embedded the Godzilla Roar into that fight scene. Raise the volume. My Japanese genes called out to me when I heard it.

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michael d

@Cobra427 Feb 11

Possible one of the worst "ww2" films ive ever seen...couldn't be more unrealistic if it tried. An insult tk veterans tbh. Don't waste your time

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Laurie S

@Karlwinters Feb 7

This is a good example of the cowardice and brutality of 'the little cruel people' before they were punished by a couple of bombs.. and they still complained about it.

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Kuranda T

@Kuranda Feb 5

What a load of moronic rubbish. RAF Spitfires in the Philippines at the start of the war. 🤔😂 Spitfire is shot down ( single seater ) yet mysteriously 2 crewmen are shown swimming from the sea and as for these rifles the Japanese were carrying 🤔😂 I did watch to the end just to see if it got better. It didn't, it got worse.The Japanese officer finds the prisoner has on his person a Victoria cross. Who wrote this script. A total waste of my time. Anyway,enough I'm off to do something interesting like watching paint dry

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Jim A

@jimpriestly Feb 3

Prisoner of War got a 67% rating from RT. That's enough for me to watch. Every scene in this movie was either moronic fantasy or Kung Foolish. The plot involves calling in a tow plane to pick up a glider crashed in the jungle. All arranged with a walkie talkie-like radio from a Japanese prison camp. The Japanese are stereotypical murderous idiots who keep getting pummeled by Scott Adkins, (who should be ashamed of this rubbish). The ending was embarrassingly inane. Cartoonish schlock from start to finish,

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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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