John Wickstar, and somehow still the most underrated action icon fighting the good fight,Scott Adkins, has teased the intense action to come in his latest action thriller. As well as revealing our first look at the movie, which finds Adkins once again in a deadly situation that only his particular skills can get him out of, the actor and martial artist has also now confirmed the release date of the new action outing, which will drop his high kicks and powerful punches in World War II.
Directed by Louis Mandylor, who previously shared the screen with Adkins in theDebt Collectorfranchise,Prisoner of Waris based on the true story of the Bataan death march and follows Adkins as a pilot who finds himself captured and forced to fight for his life. Adkins has now confirmed thatPrisoner of Warwill be released in September, and you can check out the first look and details for the action war movie below.
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Alongside Adkins,Prisoner of Warwill feature a stellar international cast, including Michael Copon (As Good as Dead, Power Rangers: Time Force), Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (3 Days in Malay, The Equalizer 2), Michael Rene Walton (Reptile), Gary Cairns (The Channel, Justified), Shane Kosugi (Nine Deaths of the Ninja), Masanori Mimoto (Baby Assassins, Hydra), Gabbi Garcia (Unbreak My Heart), and Peter Shinkoda (I, Robot, Daredevil) as the merciless camp commander. Check out the official synopsis forPrisoner of Warbelow.
“A British airman washes ashore after being ejected from his plane and becomes a prisoner in a Japanese-run POW camp. While waiting to join the infamous Bataan death march, the airman is tortured by the camp commander and is forced to fight for his life against an array of skilled Japanese warriors.”
Scott Adkins Continues to Fight the Good Fight for Low-Budget, No-Nonsense Action Flicks
Despite displaying his unmatched affinity for action and martial arts spectacle, Scott Adkins continues to fly under the radar. However, the actor had one of his biggest credits to date recently, starring alongside Keanu Reeves in the action thriller blockbuster hit,John Wick: Chapter 4. Well-known to action fans thanks to his roles in the likes of theUndisputedfranchise,Accident Man, Avengement, One Shot, and more, Adkins featured inJohn Wick 4as the scene-stealing Killa Harkan, the head of the German Table.
Adkins can currently be seen in the action thrillerDiablo, which reunites the actor with hisJohn Wick: Chapter 4co-star and fellow underrated action hero, Marko Zaror. Diablo now boasts a solid score of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes, and you can check out the plot details below.
“After his release from prison, Kris Chaney (Scott Adkins) embarks on a perilous mission to fulfill an old promise but finds himself in danger when he kidnaps Elisa, the daughter of a powerful gangster. Her father, Vicente, puts out a call to the entire criminal underworld to bring her back alive. El Corvo (Marko Zaror), a psychopathic killer, joins the hunt not for the money, but for his own vendetta against Vicente’s family. Kris must evade both Elisa’s powerful father and a ruthless killer bent on revenge to live long enough to tell Elisa the full story that has been hidden from her.”
