Kids, this here is what we used to call “straight to DVD.”
“Protector” is an action film very much in the vein of “Taken,” as it centers on the protagonist’s daughter being abducted. Milla Jovovich stars as Nikki in the film, a woman who for years served in the United States Army with multiple combat tours during America’s wars in the Middle East.
She ends her military career, though, when her husband passes away, so she can be at home with her daughter, Chloe (Isabel Myers). Because she was gone for years, their relationship is strained. But when Chloe is abducted by traffickers, Nikki goes in to protective mom mode, and leans on her special forces training.
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