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Apr 24, 2020 · ‘Extraction’ Review: All Fight, No Fun. The debut feature by Sam Hargrave serves up a barrage of bullets and blown-up cars in a properly global thriller. Share full article. Sam Hargrave...
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Jun 15, 2023 · Extraction 2 Rated R for strong, bloody violence throughout. Running time: 2 hours 2 minutes. Watch on Netflix.
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Apr 24, 2020 · Sam Hargrave aimed to make it so by bringing the camera along for the wild ride in his Netflix thriller “Extraction,” starring Chris Hemsworth as a mercenary tasked with rescuing the kidnapped...
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Apr 22, 2020 · Critics Consensus: Spectacular stunt work and an electric performance from Chris Hemsworth can't save Extraction from being dragged down by its aimless violence. Synopsis: A black-market...
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Apr 25, 2020 6:05 pm
Posted: Apr 25, 2020 6:00 pm
Extraction is available to stream on Netflix.
While its story might be thin, Extraction, as a pure white-knuckle action flick, is a supremely impressive endeavor. It's an explosive, gauntlet-style journey into the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh through the eyes, ears, and (many) guns of a miserable mercenary played by Thor's Chris Hemsworth.
You can add Extraction to Netflix's short list of huge action flicks that should be viewed on your biggest screen available. Though unlike Michael Bay's numbing 6 Underground, or even the cartoon-y carnage of Polar, Extraction manages to take some of the better elements of Fury Road, John Wick, Dredd, and other frantic "human target" crucibles and deliver a rough and tumble redemption story featuring a broken-inside black ops soldier tasked with rescuing a kidnapped teen. The action is the star here, no doubt, but the plot, while but a whisper, is still weighty enough to suffice.
Is Extraction necessarily good or grand enough to tout the Avengers: Endgame reunion between the Russos (who produce), Hemsworth, and Hargrave? Probably not. In the very least, it's interesting, and Hargrave has crafted an honorable first entry into the realm of action cinema. Even if viewers' only takeaway from this is the long, crazy one-shot, it's a better impression than you'll get from most shoot 'em-ups.
Indian star Randeep Hooda is also on hand, as a wild card foil for Hemsworth's Tyler, giving the film an extra formidable fighter so that Tyler doesn't feel like the only Winter Solider of the bunch. Extraction is a whiz-bang example of "cliches are cliches because they work." Arguably, the best action films have the simplest spines. Using one of the world's most densely populated cities as its storyline sandbox, the film's able to create a gritty, claustrophobic feeling without having its main characters get trapped in a building or some other enclosed structure.
Extraction works because its simple, yet sufficient, story allows the film's action to take center stage. If the stunt work were mediocre, the entire thing would be an utter waste of time. Thankfully though, Extraction boasts an exhaustingly awesome showcase of expertly choreographed fists, knives, guns, and explosions. If you enjoyed the hard-hitting showdowns between Bucky and Steve in the Captain America films, you'll dig this flick.
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Apr 22, 2020 · Movies. Chris Hemsworth brings in the pain in blunt Netflix thriller Extraction: Review. By. Leah Greenblatt. Published on April 22, 2020 11:00AM EDT. Photo: Jasin Boland/NETFLIX. Ask not...
Apr 24, 2020 · Extraction. Odie Henderson April 24, 2020. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “ Extraction ” is based on a graphic novel that was written, and is now adapted by, "Avengers: Endgame" co-director Joe Russo as a starring vehicle for Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth.
