‘Protector’ Debuts to Brutal Score on Rotten Tomatoes

Milla Jovovich leads the cast of this action thriller, alongside D.B. Sweeney, Don Harvey, Arica Himmel, and Michael Stahl-David. The film is directed by Adrian Grünberg and written by Bong-Seob Mun. Since the release of Taken in 2008, that movie has heavily influenced the action thriller genre, inspiring many stories about parents rescuing their children and popularizing the ‘tough, older hero’ trope. While this film doesn’t fully fit into that ‘older hero’ category (though Milla Jovovich is approaching the age Liam Neeson was in the first Taken), it definitely follows the tradition of parents taking action to protect their kids, and Jovovich is a strong contender for the title of ‘best action hero parent’.


