5 Spy Movies That Will Make You Want To Be A Real Life Spy!
When you think of a spy, almost everyone will say James Bond. Or maybe even Ethan Hunt from the Mission Impossible series and perhaps Johnny English! With the thrills of traveling to foreign lands and facing off against nefarious bad guys, to meeting slick femme fatales and doing crazy over the top action stunts, there are many reasons why these movies motivate people to become a real life spy! Here are five of our recommendations for spy movies and why these movies will motivate you to become a spy!
1- James Bond Spy Movie Series
Of course we can’t start a list of the best spy movies to motivate you without bringing up James Bond! With a film career spanning over 60 years, 25 movies and 6 actors playing the titular character, there’s no better place to start than with the textbook example of a spy himself! James Bond follows the character Bond, a spy for the British Intelligence agency, MI6, who is tasked with saving the world from evil organizations and villains. How can the sight of the original spy not motivate you to become one yourself? Cool, collected and having the expertise, knowledge and gadgets to travel to exotic locations, fighting off against bad guys in their evil lairs and getting the pretty girls! Let’s not forget to also being the poster boy for the Aston Martin car brand too! Watching these films will make you wish you were as cool and famous as Bond! All 25 Bond movies are ready to be streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
2- Mission Impossible Film Series
Next is the Mission Impossible series, played by Tom Cruise! Did you know that Mission Impossible was originally based off a TV show that aired in the 1960s and 1980s? The movies follow the agent Ethan Hunt, a spy working for the Impossible Missions Force (IMF). See where the movie gets its name from? He must save the world and prevent it’s destruction from sinister organizations and villains. If being suave and cool isn’t your thing, then worry not! Ethan Hunt is known for getting his hands dirty and even his actor Tom Cruise is known for doing his own stunts. This film series will motivate you to be an active spy with it’s jaw dropping locations and over the top stunt work! Who doesn’t want to be a spy that does insane stunts like hanging off a plane door that’s taking off, doing a HALO jump off a plane or even climbing the Burj Khalifa tower! Better start exercising if you want the strength to tackle all these stunts as a spy. All 5 of the MI movies are available to stream on Netflix so it’s time to binge.
3- Johnny English Spy Movie Series
Here’s a spy franchise that’s more on the funny side! The Johnny English movies parody the James Bond films, and it follows Johnny English, a spy working for the agency MI7, who is tasked with saving the world from sinister villains and evil organizations. Expect the usual chase scenes and fancy gadgets, broken up with Rowan Atkinson’s amazing comedic skills and dialogue! Nothing less from the actor who brought you Mr Bean! If you thought that being a spy is all about being serious and hardworking, then this film franchise will have you thinking twice! Johnny English is bad at his job, always messing up and sometimes causes the bad guys to get away, yet he always gets the job done! This franchise will motivate you as it shows if a bad agent like English can get the job done, then so can you! All you need is the drive and motivation to be a good agent! Only Johnny English Reborn is available to stream on Netflix, whereas the rest may require a bit of searching via Blu-Ray DVDs or on Astro!
4- XXX Spy Movie Series
Here’s a spy franchise movie that takes place in America. The XXX franchise follows two different agents, Xander Cage played by Vin Diesel and Darius Stone, played by Ice Cube who are recruited by Gibbons, played by Samuel Jackson, into the NSA agency. XXX is focused on action set pieces and over the top stunt work involving cars, boats and even a train rather than usual spy work! Similar to the Mission Impossible franchise, this movie will motivate you to become an active and energetic spy as you do insane stunt work to stop the bad guys! Get ready as a spy to outrun the bad guys on a motorcycle, or chasing after the villains on a speeding train to even working together with a group of rebels to assault the White House! The XXX film series is a bit tricky to find, as some streaming websites like Hotstar make it available only in certain locations. You may need to rely on buying Blu-Ray DVDs to watch the films or on Astro.
5- Kingsman Spy Movie Series
We have a newcomer to the list! The Kingsman film franchise pays homage to old spy movies of the past, being more action comedy rather than straightforward spy films. The films are based off a comic book series, and follow the story of Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, a down on his luck young man who was arrested for trying to steal a car. He is then recruited into the secret organization, Kingsman, by Harry Hart to become a professional agent. An agent gets recruited by an intelligence agency to stop an eccentric villain / secret organization from taking over the world. Best to stick with what you know of course! Similar to James Bond, Kingsman will motivate you to be a spy as Eggsy is suave, meticulous and cunning in his work as a spy. Even when the missions go wrong, he always keeps his cool and expertise in solving the missions! Did we mention that he is also well dressed when fighting the bad guys? Who doesn’t want to be a sharply dressed and cool spy? The Kingsman film franchise is available to stream on Disney Hotstar!
These are our top picks for awesome spy films you should check out as these movies will definitely motivate you to be a real life spy! Of course, we do not recommend that you break in and sneak around high surveillance places as that would be dangerous.. Instead, if you want to experience like a spy, now you can be a spy by visiting Spy Game at The Curve to fulfil your dream of being a real life spy! In our Spy Game experience, you will roleplay as a spy and break into a secure location to accomplish a mission such as stealing a document or rescuing an agent. The job will not be easy as there will be a patrolling guard during the experience that try to catch you, tough obstacles and sneaky alarm systems to make your mission more challenging! Book a session now to experience today.
Posted on 25 Apr 2023