Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction is proving to be a hit on Netflix. But what does our very own Nick Clement have to say about it?
We find out
A black-market mercenary who has nothing to lose is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. But in the murky underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, an already deadly mission approaches the impossible.
Extraction is an old-school, blunt-forced, R-rated blast of programmer entertainment, concocted from spare narrative parts from other, better films.
The film however is made fresh and energetic due to stunt coordinator turned director Sam Hargrave’s dedication. He pummels the viewer with a non-stop assault of automatic weapon violence and expertly choreographed bursts of long-take mayhem. This certainly ups the ante in this modern-technique department.
The ruthless and spatially coherent editing by Ruthie Aslan and Peter B. Ellis is tack-sharp, and veteran cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel’s down and dirty camerawork is herculean in numerous spots.
All-beef Chris Hemsworth was perfectly cast as a stoic mercenary sent to rescue the kidnapped son of an infamous drug-lord in Bangladesh, with corrupt cops and heavily armed baddies coming after him from all angles.
It’s loud and it’s absurd. It’s got one genuinely surprising narrative swerve involving Hemsworth’s chief nemesis (the excellent Randeep Hooda), and it’s filled with insane stunts and incredible individual moments of action-movie idiocy, all of it shot with gritty yet glossy widescreen panache.
Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction is currently streaming on Netflix.
Review by Nick Clement
Our Rating
Summary
Perfect cast, loud and absurb.
It’s got one genuinely surprising narrative swerve involving Hemsworth’s chief nemesis (the excellent Randeep Hooda), and it’s filled with insane stunts and incredible individual moments of action-movie idiocy, all of it shot with gritty yet glossy widescreen panache.
