Streaming surge for Prime Video’s 84-minute Statham meets Bourne action thriller
Prime Video has a big new hit on its hands — an action thriller that plays like five years of Jason Statham with a side of Jason Bourne.
If you fancy the idea of a surf instructor going full-on John Wick—in the middle of sunny Morocco, no less—Amazon’s new action flick Agent Zero (sold at home in France as BADH) is probably already calling your name. Imagine if Jason Statham suddenly traded his cockney accent for a bit of French and swapped his suit for a wetsuit. That’s pretty much what you’re in for here, and clearly, people are loving it: as of now, it’s nestled comfortably in Prime Video’s Top 10 charts.
After a quiet 2025 release in France, Agent Zero is now one of Prime Video’s most watched films internationally.
The Plot: Secret Agents, Sand, and Surfboards
Guillaume de Fontenay directs this rather lean (just 84 minutes, if anyone’s counting) action thriller, with Marine Vacth leading as Alma. By day, she’s a surf instructor, kicking back in Morocco and seemingly distant from anything more dangerous than a jellyfish sting. She’s even shacked up with Ilias, her police officer boyfriend, who’s entirely oblivious to the fact that Alma used to be a top-tier, highly lethal French intelligence assassin—her old code name: BADH.
Of course, nothing says 'retirement' in a film like someone dredging up your past, and Alma’s world is promptly upended when her peaceful existence is threatened. Standard rules apply: if you mess with her loved ones, you’re about to regret it. She launches into a bloody campaign of revenge, targeting the Khoury crime family with all the subtlety of a freight train.
Meanwhile, Mansour, the family’s boss, takes exception to his people being picked off, so he sets his sights firmly on finding this mysterious one-woman-army. The situation gets even stickier when it turns out an ex-colleague from French intelligence has joined the enemy’s side—so it’s not just mafia thugs out to get her, but also the ghosts of her past. The chase soon sprawls across Morocco, leading inevitably to a ‘your-past-versus-present’ showdown you can probably see coming a mile off—but it’s still good fun.
Bare-Knuckle Action Meets Moroccan Sands
If you’ve seen Atomic Blonde, Jason Bourne, or any Statham-palooza of the past decade, the setup will be... familiar. There’s nothing remotely revolutionary about a lone gun rampaging through baddies to settle a personal score, but what makes Agent Zero stand out is its tight pacing and, frankly, the Moroccan scenery—which beats another round of rain-soaked Paris streets if you ask me. There’s a lot of shoot-‘em-up, punch-‘em-down action sprinkled with enough intrigue to keep things ticking over, though don’t expect reinvented espionage cinema.
Reviewers, at least those few who’ve given it a go so far, can’t resist calling it 'the French Jason Bourne,' and while Rotten Tomatoes hasn’t racked up enough critic scores to give it a badge, the feedback is mostly positive: it’s moody, punchy, and short enough not to wear out its welcome.
Streaming Success — and What’s Next
Despite being totally new to most North American viewers, Agent Zero has taken off on Prime. Data from Flix Patrol puts it at number five amongst all movies on the platform at the moment, which isn’t bad for something with practically zero fanfare at launch.
- Marine Vacth plays Alma (aka BADH)
- Ismaël Kanater is Mansour, the Khoury family boss
- Samir El Hakim as Ilias, Alma’s unsuspecting police boyfriend
- Additional cast includes Loubna Abidar, Rod Paradot, and Moussa Maaskri
At this stage, there’s been no news of a sequel—but the ending nods pretty strongly in that direction, so if Prime’s numbers hold out, BADH could easily become a recurring presence. For now, anyone craving fast-paced, international revenge action with a French twist can stream Agent Zero on Prime Video.