Prisoner of War 2025 Movie Review

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A couple of days ago Prisoner of War was released. This is a martial arts/drama/war action movie with the one and only Scott Adkins. To tell you the truth i give it to him, he never quits and in my opinion, he is still an underrated movies star.

Let's say that we have top-tier movies, mid-tier movies and low-tier movies. He has played in a lot of top-tier movies, specific roles though and each and every one of these "minor" roles is perfect. One example is John Wick: Chapter 4.

For some reason that i don't really know, i have years to see him being a protagonist in one of these top-tier movies. At the same time he keeps on grinding and i have seen him being the main protagonist in a lot of mid-tier movies. I say mid-tier movies not based on the plot or something, based on the budget, the director and supporting cast, all of which are mid tier. In my opinion each of these movies is entertaining but still mid-tier.

Plot

Prisoner of War is another mid-tier movie where Scott Adkins plays James Wright, a British Royal Air Force officer during World War 2. During a raid or something, his crew pretty much dies and is captured by the Japanese in their camp. The commander of the Japanese camp is called Ito and orders his crew to behead James.

James manages to kill the 3 officers but he then gets captured again. Ito, instead of killing him he keeps him captive along with other officers from around the world. At the same time Ito is bit crazy as he has created an arena in the middle of the camp where he organizes fights between his officers and the captives.

Ofc James is in the center of the fighting arena often, as he basically obliterates everyone. Meanwhile, he tries to find, along with the other captives a way to send a signal to the allied forces in order to save them.

Good and Bad

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Let's start with the good. As in every movie that involves Adkins, the fight scenes are amazing. Also, the supporting cast is doing a great job. The budget seems a bit higher than the other films but still, you could clearly see that if they had more, they could do way more.

For example, pretty much the whole movie is set in the camp, which is basically cost-friendly, and some scenes were filmed in a nearby forest. Not historically accurate, not top-notch graphics but still decent. Also i believe they could have made a lot more in terms of the fighting area and fight scenes, but the point of this film was the escape.

Overall, a 6.5/10 for me and another B-rated movie from Adkins.