Film Review : Prisoner Of War (2025)

Scott Adkins in a WW2 film where he fights in hand to hand combat a lot, honestly you had me at Scott Adkins in fight scenes. The man continues to be one of the most under appreciated action guys going even if he seems stuck in a world of endless straight to VOD films.

Here he plays British RAF Wing Commander James Wright who gets captured by the Japanese in World War 2 and stuck in a camp overlooked by a leader who forces the captives to fight against his men in hand to hand combat to survive. Little do they know though Wright is a martial arts master.

The plot here is paper thin and even that is pushing it. Our ‘villain’ here running fight camps is over the top enough but then to keep someone around who is repeatedly stepping up to him and taking down your own guys is enough. Add in that they seemingly have a load of prisoners here with not a large army and little to no structure to contain anyone, it just doesn’t make much sense.

What everyone watching this is for though is the action scenes. Its nothing amazing and not Adkins best by a long shot but its still enjoyable. He performs so well that he makes scenes look good with ease. By the end though it sort of falls apart though action wise with a big over the top moment though.

Overall its an easy watch. Adkins carries the film with his action scenes and just being a great on screen presence and its a laughably bad story that if anything is a hoot to pick apart as it goes.

Score :

2 / 5