Dive into serious action this month with some great movies, including ones you can watch with the whole family. If you are tired of watching the same classic movies again and again and are looking for something different, the following list is for you.
These three action movies on Amazon Prime Video you need to watch in November were all introduced in the last year. There’s one you can watch with the kids and one that features an actor with more than 60 years of experience in the business doing incredible stunts alongside a horse. In another, a man sets out for revenge decades after he was wronged, and he’ll stop at nothing until he gets it.
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Monkey Man (2024)
Marking the directorial debut of Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, The Newsroom), the 2024 action flick Monkey Man has the actor playing Kid, a young man who witnessed the brutal death of his mother at the hands of a spiritual guru and corrupt cop, Rana (Sikander Kher). Now an adult working in an underground fight club in a monkey mask, Kid is still out for revenge on Rana.
He concocts a plan to get inside a luxury brothel he knows Rana frequents and take a menial job to get as close as he can to achieving his mission. But things don’t quite go as planned, and Kid ends up having a transformative experience that sets him on a path with a greater purpose.
The action thriller delivers yet another gripping performance from Patel, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 2016 drama Lion. “Dev Patel goes bananas with his behind-the-camera debut,” writes Decider’s John Serba in his review, “and the result is a bracing and effective action picture.”
Stream Monkey Man on Amazon Prime Video.
Merry Little Batman (2023)
Grab the kids and watch this animated superhero action movie based on the iconic DC Comics character Batman (Luke Wilson), aka Bruce Wayne, and his son, Damian Wayne (Yonas Kibreab), aka Little Batman. Damian is at the center of the plot in Merry Little Batman\. He’s a young superhero who has to take the lead and stop the Joker from ruining Christmas in Gotham City. Why? Dear dad is away on another mission, so it’s up to his brave son to save the city from this evil villain.
Merry Little Batman is a wonderful Christmas movie that’s a departure from the usual rotation of movies you probably have running through the next few months. You’ll recognize some other familiar voices among the cast, including James Cromwell (Succession) as Alfred Pennyworth, David Hornsby (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as The Joker, and Brian George (The Big Bang Theory) as The Penguin.
Stream Merry Little Batman on Amazon Prime Video.
Ride On (2023)
There’s a reason Jackie Chan has had such an enduring career that has spanned more than 60 years. At age 70, he is still going strong and is widely regarded as one of the most iconic martial artists in movie history. In this action comedy drama, he stars as Lao Luo, an old-school stunt performer who frequently works with his stunt horse, Red Hare.
Deformed at birth, Red Hare was saved by Lao from being put down, and the two have been inseparable ever since. Now with Lao’s life in shambles following an injury and bankruptcy, he finds himself fighting to keep the one true friend he has and to reconnect with his estranged daughter Xiao Bao (Liu Haocun).
In Mandarin with English subtitles, Ride On isn’t your usual Chan movie, but he still shows off his comedic chops and incredible fighting and stunt skills. Daniel M. Kimmel of North Shore Movies opines that the movie is a solid “tribute to the stuntman [Chan] was and those he’s worked with … an entertaining and heartfelt effort.” If you’re a fan of Chan’s work, you’ll delight in this movie. See him train a horse instead of a human before checking him out in his next project, Karate Kid: Legends.
Stream Ride On on Amazon Prime Video.
