With the upcoming 2026 Exraction 3 I decided to watch the first two movies back to back and I bet both movies caught most people off guard thinking it was going to be another forgettable Netflix action movie where they throw money at a big name and hope it sticks but damn this movie delivered way more than I expected. Chris Hemsworth plays Tyler Rake witch is a badass name you could give a mercenary, a broken dude who gets hired to rescue some drug lord kid in Bangladesh and the setup is basic as hell but who cares when the action is this good, the whole thing is simple, kid gets kidnapped by rival drug lord, mercenary goes in guns blazing to save him, you seen this a million times before but what makes Extraction different is how insane the action gets and how brutal it feels. This isnt your typical shoot em up where bullets fly around and nobody really gets hurt, people die in this movie and they die hard, bones break, blood sprays everywhere, its John Wick level violence but somehow it has a different sauce and way more intense, the choreography is nuts with every gunfight that feels heavy, you can hear bones cracking and see the damage he is doing to these guys and its so satisfying to watch. Hemsworth is huge compared to everyone else in the movie so when he throws people around it looks crazy, he is not doing flashy kung fu moves, he is just using his size and strength to overpower everyone witch just makes sense for his character, then the movie hits you with that insane car chase sequence that turns into a building raid that turns into a street shootout and its all done in what looks like one continuous shot for like twelve minutes straight, I know there are hidden cuts in there but it looks seamless and its right there with some of the best action sequences I have seen in years and probably one of the reasons this movie got so much attention when it drooped on Netflix.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18177528/
- Platform: NETFLIX
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The movie starts with Tyler jumping off a cliff in Australia witch honestly felt a bit much for an introduction but I get what they were trying to show us, this guy has a death wish and he does not care if he lives or dies, he is taking pills, he is drinking, doing underwater meditation where he holds his breath for way too long and you just know something bad happened to him in the past and the flashbacks to his son are a bit predictable but Hemsworth sells it. You can see the pain in his face and it makes sense why he would take a suicide mission like rescuing Ovi Mahajan Junior from the middle of Dhaka Bangladesh, the kid is the son of an imprisoned Indian drug lord and he gets snatched by Amir Asif who runs things in Bangladesh, the ransom is too high so Ovis dad tells his main guy Saju to go get the kid back or his family is done and even though this seems very straight forward it works even tho its nothing new. What matters is how everything plays out once Tyler and his team hit the ground, that first action scene where Tyler busts into the building to grab Ovi is where the movie really kicks into gear, he clears rooms like its nothing, shooting dudes left and right, using whatever he can find to kill people including a freaking rake witch is just perfect considering his name and I bet the director did that on purpose. The way they filmed that massive sequence is incredible, the camera follows Tyler and Ovi through the streets of Dhaka as they are being chased by Amirs guys and corrupt cops, it goes from inside the car to outside to different angles but it never breaks the flow and you feel like you are right there running with them. The camera work is so smooth and the action never stops, people are getting shot, cars are crashing, Tyler is reloading and fighting hand to hand all at the same time, there is a moment where he fights a kid soldier and he doesnt want to kill him so he just slaps him around and takes his gun, then more kids show up and he has to fight like eight of them without actually hurting them too bad and its both funny and intense at the same time witch was a nice touch. The movie does not hold back on showing how brutal this world is, kids die in this movie, not just the soldier kids but innocent ones too and it hits hard every time, that scene early on where the cop just shoots Ovis friend in the head for no reason set the tone and you know this is not a fun action romp, people die for real and it matters.
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What is surprising is how you really start to care about Tyler and Ovis relationship becuase at first Tyler sees him as just another job but as they spend more time together you can see him starting to give a damn about this kid and Ovi is not annoying like a lot of kid characters in action movies. He is smart, he listens, he tries to help when he can and he actually kills someone to save Tyler witch shocks both of them, that scene where they sit down and talk about Tylers dead son is where their connection realy clicks, Tyler opens up about how he ran away instead of being there when his kid was dying from cancer and you can see the regret eating him alive and Ovi does not judge him. He just listens and from that point on they have each others backs no matter what, the kid even tries to help everytime he could, improvising and almost getting killed many times working things with Tyler, these two went from strangers to ride or die in like a day and it works because both actors sell it and you actually believe they care about each other witch is rare for this type of movie. The action never lets up tho, every fight scene is different and creative, Tyler uses knives, guns, his fists, whatever he can grab to stay alive and keep Ovi safe and the fight choreography was done by Sam Hargrave who also directed the movie and you can tell he knows his stuff since he worked as a stunt coordinator on Marvel movies. He brought that experience here but made it way more grounded and realistic, when Tyler fights Saju in an apartment building and goes down several floors into the streets and they both just beat the hell out of each other with no music, just the sound of fists hitting flesh and heavy breathing, its one of the most intense fight scenes Ive ever watched and it goes on for a while too. These two guys are both special forces, they both know how to kill, and they both have reasons to win so neither one holds back, the fight ends when they realize they are on the same side and team up to get Ovi out witch leads to the final bridge battle where all hell breaks loose and things get even more chaotic.
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The ending is where the movie gets a bit messy for me because Tyler and Saju fight their way through what feels like the entire Bangladesh military to get Ovi to safety and while its cool to watch, it also feels a bit over the top even for an action movie like this, they really push it to the edge. Tyler gets shot like fifty times but keeps going witch I guess makes sense for his character since he has nothing to lose, Saju dies protecting the kid, actually killed by a sniper on the bridge scene and then Tyler makes his final stand to buy Ovi time to escape and he gets shot in the neck by that kid soldier Farhad whos been fighting the whole movie. He falls into the river, the movie cuts to black and you think he is dead but then eight months later there is a blurry figure watching Ovi at his school pool that might be Tyler and I really wish they had just let him die because it would have been a perfect ending. He sacrificed himself to save this kid and found redemption for failing his own son, instead they tease that he might be alive witch feels cheap and only exists to set up a sequel and we all know Netflix loves there sequels so I get why they did it but still. The final bridge sequence is intense as hell tho, watching Tyler take on an entire army while bleeding out is both brutal and kinda sad at the same time, you can see he is ready to die and he has finally found something worth dying for witch is saving Ovi and giving this kid a chance at life. The way they shoot it makes you feel every bullet, every punch, every moment of pain Tyler goes through and by the end you are exhausted just from watching him fight and thats probably the point of the hole thing, war is exhausting and so is Tylers life.
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