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Protector

"Never get between a mother and her child."

2026

1h 30m

8.4(603 votes)

Action

Thriller

Overview

Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.

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Production Companies

828 Productions

BondIt Media Capital

Magenta Light Studios

SSS Entertainment

American Picture House Corporation

CaliWood Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich

Nikki Halstead

Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine

Colonel Joseph Lavelle

Isabel Myers

Isabel Myers

Chloe Halstead

D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney

Captain Michaels

Don Harvey

Don Harvey

Sullivan

Michael Stahl-David

Michael Stahl-David

Detective John Blake

Lydia Hull

Lydia Hull

Detective Alexa Jane

Chase Kim

Chase Kim

Detective Jin Woo

Brooklyn Sudano

Brooklyn Sudano

Detective Keyes

Gabriel Sloyer

Gabriel Sloyer

The Chairman

Creative team

Directed by: Adrian Grünberg
Written by: Mun-Bong Seub
Produced by: Kenneth H. Kim
Mun-Bong Seub

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