Extraction sees Chris Hemsworth gets his chance to be in his own John Wick action movie. It isn’t close to the awesomeness of the John Wick films, and Chris isn’t as
terrific as Keanu. But it does feature John Wick-esque action and a fluid,
committed performance from Chris.
In it, Chris plays Tyler Rake, a
former Australian special forces soldier now working as a black ops mercenary. When the son of the biggest drug lord in
India is kidnapped by his rival, the biggest drug lord in Bangladesh, Tyler and
his peers are hired to extract him. But
due to treachery, the rescue operation goes south. Trapped in a city where enemies are on every
corner, Tyler must figure out a way for him and the boy to escape alive.
Just like John Wick, Extraction is
directed by a stunt man/stunt coordinator who’s trying his hand on directing a feature-length
film. The man is Sam Hargrave, who
worked in the past as the stunt coordinator of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame. Hence, with someone who really
knows action at the helm, the action scenes are amazingly rendered.
The movie has hard-hitting fight choreography,
brutal gun fights, and exhilarating stunts.
And the audience can understand what’s going on the screen because superb
camera work accompanies the exciting action.
The highlight is this one action sequence in the first half in which,
for about 15 minutes, it seems like everything was shot in just a single take.
Unfortunately, the story isn’t as
compelling as the action. I expected more from a Joe Russo script. It isn’t as sophisticated
and smart as it could have been, and I was just not satisfied with some of the
story decisions made. I even felt some
details are a tad pretentious. Still,
the writing is competent enough to not be a significant distraction. In a way, the narrative just serves as a
vessel for delivering the gratifying action.
In the end, I enjoyed Extraction. Although it isn’t very imaginative, and has nothing
truly groundbreaking to offer, it’s still a perfectly entertaining and
thrilling popcorn action movie.
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