In the mood for some high-octane entertainment? These are some of the most action-packed movies now streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Australia. Adrenaline junkies will get a kick out of every one of the brawny movies listed below.
Top Gun
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If you feel the need, the need for speed, then look no further than Top Gun, the classic fighter pilot action film that made Tom Cruise a megastar. Cruise plays the hotshot pilot Maverick, who must remove the chip from his shoulder that's holding him back from being the ace pilot he's destined to be. Featuring an amazing '80s soundtrack and incredible jet fighter scenes, Top Gun is adrenaline-junkie's dream. Watch it before the upcoming sequel, which is in production right now!
IMDB Rating: 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes: 54%
Mission: Impossible — Fallout
The latest (and arguably greatest) entry in the Mission: Impossible series sees star Tom Cruise perform his most incredible stunts to date! In Fallout, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team (Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg) must infiltrate a terrorist group called The Apostles in order to retrieve three stolen plutonium cores before they fall into the hands of a mysterious extremist known only by the pseudonym John Lark. With the IMF having bungled its first attempt at getting the plutonium back, the CIA appoints August Walker (Henry Cavill) to shadow Hunt and his team, but can he be trusted? To make matters more complicated, MI6 agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) has also returned with her own mission which clashes with Hunt's. A truly exceptional blockbuster that's packed with non-stop action and suspense, it will be very difficult for director Christopher McQuarrie to top Mission: Impossible — Fallout in its already-announced back-to-back sequels.
IMDB Rating: 7.8, Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Watch Mission: Impossible — Fallout on Amazon Prime Video right now
The Indiana Jones Saga (1-4)
One of the most beloved film franchises of all time (particularly if you pretend the fourth entry doesn't exist) Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' Indiana Jones movies strike the perfect balance between sweeping adventure and historical intrigue. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is a charming archeology professor who spends his time away from campus embroiled in globe-trotting escapades in search of priceless artefacts. Moving from one death-defying chase to another, Indy must fend off an assortment of villains, from power-crazed Nazis to ancient cults. Thankfully, with the help of some friends and his trusty bullwhip, Indiana always manages to save the day. Required viewing for any film fan.
Raiders of the Lost Ark: IMDB: 8.5, RT: 95%
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: IMDB: 7.6, RT: 85%
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: IMDB: 8.2, RT: 88%
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: IMDB: 6.2, RT: 78%
Lionheart (a.k.a. Wrong Bet)
When Foreign Legion soldier Lyon (Jean-Claude Van Damme) receives word that his troubled brother has been brutally burned alive, he goes A.W.O.L. in an attempt to visit him and his family in America. Unfortunately, his brother dies, leaving his wife and young daughter on the verge of homelessness. Now, Lyon must secretly fight as an underground street brawler in order to provide for his dead brother's family. One of Van Damme's earlier efforts, Lionheart sits comfortably alongside his other classic fight flicks, Bloodsport and Kickboxer. Featuring excellent fight scenes and a surprising amount of melodrama, Lionheart is JCVD at his very best.
Mission: Impossible (1-4)
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to binge watch the first four Mission: Impossible movies in an effort to witness the escalating lunacy of Tom Cruise as he undertakes death-defying stunts for our amusement! This spy series has gone from strength to strength over the years (well, so long as you don't include M:I-2), with the series' fourth entry, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (pictured) being a particular highlight. We recommend starting with the fantastic first entry, which shows just how much the franchise has changed over the last 20 years.
Watch Mission: Impossible 1-4 now on Amazon Prime Video
The Bourne Saga (1-4)
Proving there's no shortage of intense spy action on Amazon Prime Video, the first four Bourne films are now available to stream. Starting with The Bourne Identity, the film tells the story of an amnesiac named Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) who quickly discovers that he's a lethal government assassin before setting off on a quest to discover his true identity. Over the next two instalments, Bourne will take the fight to this creators even further, in an effort to holds those responsible accountable for all the deaths they've caused. In the series fourth entry, The Bourne Legacy, we meet a new superspy named Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) and learn more about the Black Ops program that creates machine-like killers for the government.
Watch The Bourne Saga (1-4) now on Amazon Prime Video
Bay Boys I & II
Bad Boys, notable for kicking off the cinematic careers of both Michael Bay and Will Smith, is a stylish, action-packed buddy cop movie in which a pair of detectives (Smith and co-star Martin Lawrence) must take down a murderous drug kingpin. Bad Boys II is like the first film times ten, with Bay dialling up the action scenes, style and running time to ludicrous new heights. Violent, profane and legitimately funny, Bad Boys I & II are must-see films for action fans, even if they were absolutely hated by critics.
Bad Boys: IMDB Rating: 6.9, Rotten Tomatoes: 42%
Bad Boys II: IMDB Rating: 6.6, Rotten Tomatoes: 22%
