Protector is a 2025 action thriller film directed by Adrian Grünberg and written by Bong-Seob Mun.
Nikki is an ex-soldier who left her violent life behind to raise her daughter Chloe. Eventually, Nikki wakes up in an abandoned factory and learns that Chloe has been kidnapped, and sets her off in a race against time to comb through the criminal underworld in search of Chloe as she eludes both the cops and the military.
In November 2024, it was reported Milla Jovovich would star in Protector for Highland Film Group, a Taken-like action-thriller film to be directed by Adrian Grünberg from a script by Bong-Seob Mun. Filming was reported to take place in New Mexico.
In May 2025, it was reported that principal photography had wrapped.
The film premiered on September 19, 2025 at the 30th Busan International Film Festival in the Midnight Passion section. It was released on March 6, 2026 in the United States by Magenta Light Studios, and was released in South Korea on March 25, by Ascendio Entertainment.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 22% of 27 critics' reviews are positive. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 41 out of 100 based on 6 critics, which the site labels as "mixed or average" reviews.