Milla Jovovich’s newest film, Protector, continues a really unlucky development on Rotten Tomatoes.
Over the previous seven years, Jovovich has starred in a number of motion pictures that share one disappointing similarity: all of them acquired overwhelmingly detrimental opinions from critics.
Sadly, Protector, which is now in theaters, continues that seven-year streak with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 20%. Critics are calling the R-rated thriller ridiculous, uninspired, complicated, and a catastrophe. One assessment even outright instructed moviegoers to skip this movie. One of many solely features of Protector that is being praised is Jovovich’s efficiency.
Except for the low Rotten Tomatoes rating, Protector additionally has the unlucky distinction of being launched the identical weekend as main movies like Hoppers and The Bride!, and every week after Scream 7.
Rambo: Final Blood‘s Adrian Grünberg directed Protector from a script by Bong-Seob Mun. Apparently, Rambo: Final Blood acquired a equally low rating of 26% and gained a Razzie for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel.
Protector facilities round Jovovich’s character, a former soldier named Nikki, who bypasses legislation enforcement and takes it upon herself to avoid wasting her kidnapped daughter. Her co-stars are Matthew Modine, D.B. Sweeney, Don Harvey, Arica Himmel, Michael Stahl-David, and Isabel Myers.
The final time Jovovich starred in a film that acquired a recent score (60% or increased) on Rotten Tomatoes was 2019’s Paradise Hills, which earned a rating of 68%. Since then, her movies have acquired Rotten scores starting from 14% to 44%: Worldbreaker (43%), Within the Misplaced Lands (24%), Breathe (14%), Monster Hunter (44%), and The Rookies (21%).
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Milla Jovovich’s 7-Yr Rotten Streak |
Rotten Tomatoes Rating |
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Worldbreaker |
43% |
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Within the Misplaced Lands |
24% |
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Breathe |
14% |
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Monster Hunter |
44% |
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The Rookies |
21% |
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Protector |
20% |
Earlier than Paradise Hills, the actor had a streak of over a dozen Rotten movies, together with two that earned 0% (Future World and Faces within the Crowd). Jovovich’s highest-rated film is Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused at 94%. That movie was launched in 1993. In second is Spike Lee’s He Bought Recreation from 1998, with a rating of 82%.
After getting her begin as a mannequin, Jovovich’s breakout function got here through The Fifth Aspect, by which she starred alongside Bruce Willis. Since then, she has starred in a number of well-known movies like Chaplin, Zoolander and Zoolander 2, the Resident Evil franchise (together with Resident Evil, Apocalypse, Extinction, Afterlife, Retribution and The Remaining Chapter), and the 2019 reboot Hellboy.
A few of these motion pictures have earned her numerous award nominations, together with Finest Battle on the MTV Film & TV Awards for The Fifth Aspect and Finest Actress on the Saturn Awards for Resident Evil.
She’s additionally been nominated on the Razzies, which honors the worst movies of the 12 months, for The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Resident Evil: Retribution, and Within the Misplaced Lands.
On the small display, Jovovich has guest-starred on Married…with Kids, King of the Hill, and Robotic Rooster, and appeared in episodes of Venture Runway and Lip Sync Battle. She’s even appeared in a couple of music movies, together with with Lenny Kravitz for his track “If You Cannot Say No.”
Protector is now enjoying in theaters.
- Launch Date
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March 6, 2026
- Runtime
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92 minutes
- Director
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Adrian Grünberg
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D.B. Sweeney
Captain Michaels
