Extraction (2020)Directed by Sam HargraveAs I'd posted on Stories on my @karthikabhiram account, it has been a while since we have been excited for a movie. I'm sure movie fans miss this feeling as we've not had a major release to look forward to in some time. Therefore, "Extraction" was quite welcome, and I watched it the day it was released on Netflix.It stars Chris Hemsworth as mercenary Tyler Rake, who has to go to Dhaka to extract Ovi Mahajan (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) and bring him back to Mumbai. Ovi is the son of Drug Lord Ovi Sr (Pankaj Tripathi) and has been kidnapped by Ovi Sr's rival, Bangladeshi Drug Lord Amir (Priyanshu Panyuli). Randeep Hooda is Saju, also after the boy.The movie is produced by @therussobrothers and scripted by Joe Russo. Director Hargrave worked as Stunt Coordinator for many of the Russo's MCU films. He was the stunt double for Captain America in "Avengers: Endgame" as well. Like the "John Wick" movies, when you have a director from a Stunts background, it obviously will show in the action scenes, and "Extraction" absolutely did not disappoint — the movie is packed full of superbly executed action scenes. The action is fast and brutal, they did not tone down the violence, they experimented with multiple types of action — gunfights, close combat, car chase etc. There's a brilliant long take sequence that mixes all of these as well.The acting from the leads was all very good, there were some nice emotional moments as well. The tone of the movie was gritty and serious (perhaps, a bit too serious, in that it wasn't that much "fun"). In some ways it reminded me of the Hong Kong heroic bloodshed movies and oldschool action films.One criticism I had was that the character development was lacking somewhat (Pankaj Tripathi, the villain, David Harbour, the General — they get barely any backstory). But personally, I didn't mind this and the rather straightforward storyline, since the movie was always engaging, and importantly, delivered on the action. The cinematography was good, music was kind of generic but served the purpose.Overall, definitely recommended! I thought it was very good! (More in comments…) #531 / 25-Apr-20
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