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I must say that when I saw the title of this film, Frankenstein, I immediately imagined the legendary monster from the first film and assumed it was more of the same, the evil monster that got out of control of its creator and became uncontrollable, with the well-known ending. So I was reluctant to watch it at first, thinking that it would surely be more of the same.
But when I started looking at Netflix's recommendations, I stopped and thought: let's give it a chance. I decided to watch it and was pleasantly surprised, because as the scenes unfolded and I saw the approach taken, it immediately caught my interest. The way his creator was presented, from childhood to adulthood, made you understand why he acted the way he did in the future, how badly he handled his negative experiences, along with his emotions and feelings, and the obsession he developed for his goal, which was to give life after death.
Up to that point, we were fine, but when the creature was created, from its first interactions, it was clear that it was a pure being without malice, and that, like a child, it learned from its experiences, with the difference that from all the bad things that happened to it, this being took only the good, learned to be prudent, to listen and observe with the heart, and with this, it gained wisdom. Later, with the help of an old friend it met along the way, it began to see and experience new realities.
Among these was that men tend to be cruel, that they can even be worse than some animals. There was one scene that impressed me greatly, where the “monster” was in nature feeding a deer, moved by the beauty and docility of this animal, when a group of men interrupted this magical scene by shooting the animal in the head, ending the magic of the moment.
As the film progressed, everything intensified: Victor, the Creator's obsession with manipulating Frankenstein at will, treating him worse than a beast with extreme violence and abuse, as he saw him as just another possession, not as someone who felt and understood his actions. Despite not being truly conceived, but rather “made” from parts of other people, he had a more human nature than many humans.
This impacted me so much because even this being fell in love with a beautiful woman who saw his inner beauty and who, horrified, also perceived the selfish and evil nature of Victor, who had been carried away by resentment, ego, and pride. But what was the icing on the cake was the ending, when the creature narrated his own story from his point of view, from his feelings and emotions. For me, it was the best part of the film, because there we finally saw the essence of this being.
And seeing who he had really become was surprising, and how he had been filled with wisdom and prudence in the midst of his loneliness, due to his condition. Although at first he wanted to get his creator to make him a companion and then to take revenge, he finally understood that it was not worth it and that Victor was only worthy of pity. After listening to him, he was filled with empathy, accepting his request for forgiveness and forgiving him from the heart, understanding that he was a victim of himself.
This is my personal opinion. I hope you decide to watch it, because it's well worth sitting through those 149 minutes. Apart from leaving you with an important reflection on how we can lose ourselves if we don't know how to contain and manage our emotions and feelings, we can become worse than the monsters we have...
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Debo decir que cuando vi el título de esta película, Frankenstein de una vez me imaginó al monstruo legendario de la primera película y supuse que era más de lo mismo, el monstruo malvado que se le salió de las manos a su creador y que se vuelve algo incontrolable con el conocido final. Así es que me resistía a verla en un inicio, pensando que seguramente sería más de lo mismo.
Pero cuando empecé a ver las recomendaciones de Netflix, me detuve y pensé: vamos a darle una oportunidad y me dispuse a verla y me lleve una grata sorpresa, porque a medida que fueron transcurriendo las escenas y al ver el enfoque que se le dio, de una vez atrajo mi interés, por la forma en que se presentó a su creador desde su niñez hasta que fue un adulto te da a entender el porqué, de su proceder en el futuro, de lo mal que manejo sus experiencias negativas, junto a sus emociones y sentimientos y la obsesión que llego a tener por su objetivo, que era dar vida después de la muerte.
Hasta ahí, estábamos bien, pero cuando fue creada la criatura, desde sus primeras interacciones se veía que era un ser puro sin malicia, y que al igual que a un niño fue aprendiendo de sus experiencias, con la diferencia de que de todo lo malo que le sucedía, este ser tomaba solo lo bueno, aprendió a ser prudente, a oír y observar con el corazón, con esto fue ganando sabiduría, posteriormente con la ayuda de un viejo amigo que se topó en el camino, fue viendo y experimentando nuevas realidades.
Y entre esas, que los hombres tienden a ser crueles, que incluso pueden llegar a ser peores que algunos animales. Hubo una escena que me impresiono sobre manera y fue donde el "monstruo" estaba en la naturaleza dándole de comer a un ciervo, enternecido por la belleza y la docilidad de este animal, cuando un grupo de hombres, interrumpió esa escena tan mágica dándole un tiro tan certero en la cabeza del animal, acabando con la magia del momento.
A medida que la película fue transcurriendo, todo se fue intensificando, la obsesión de Víctor, el Creador por querer manipular a Frankenstein a su antojo, pero tratándolo peor que a una bestia con extrema violencia y maltrato, pues lo veía como una cosa como una posesión más, no como alguien que sentía y entendía sus acciones, a pesar de no ser concebido realmente, sino "hecho" con partes de otras personas, tenía una naturaleza más humana que muchos humanos.
Esto me impactó tanto, porque incluso este ser, llegó a enamorarse de una bella mujer que sí supo ver su belleza interior y que horrorizada también percibía la naturaleza egoísta y malvada de Víctor, quien se había dejado llevar por el resentimiento, el ego y la soberbia. Pero lo que cerró con broche de oro fue el final, cuando la criatura narró su propia historia desde su punto de vista, desde sus sentimientos y emociones. Para mí fue la mejor parte de la película, porque allí terminamos de ver la esencia de este ser.
Y ver en quién se había convertido en realidad, fue sorprendente y cómo se había llenado de sabiduría, prudencia en medio de su soledad, por su condición y que aunque en un inicio quiso conseguir a su creador para que le creara una compañera y luego para vengarse, comprendió al final que no valía la pena y que Víctor solo era digno de lástima y luego al terminar de escucharlo, se llenó de empatía, aceptando su petición de perdón y perdonándolo de corazón entendiendo que el mismo fue víctima de sí mismo.
Esta es mi apreciación personal, espero que te animes a verla, pues muy bien, vale la pena instalarse esos 149 minutos a verla. Aparte de que te deja una importante reflexión cómo, podemos llegar a perdernos, si no sabemos contener y gestionar nuestras emociones y sentimientos, que podemos llegar a convertirnos peor que a lo que nosotros tenemos como monstruos...
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.
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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.
Overall Extraction (2020) is that movie that surprise everyone, it is a solid action movie that delivers exactly what it promises, brutal fights, insane stunts and Chris Hemsworth being a badass for two hours strait and the story is simple but it works well enough to keep you interested. The characters are likeable enough that you care when they are in danger and the action is some of the best I have seen in a Netflix movie period, it is John Wick levels to be honest. Hemsworth proves he can carry a serious action role outside of Marvel and he is not doing the funny charming Thor thing here at all. Tyler Rake is a broken man with nothing to lose and you feel that weight on him the whole time, the supporting cast is great too, Randeep Hooda as Saju is fantastic and their fight scenes together are brutal, David Harbour shows up for like five minutes as the team leader who betrays Tyler for money witch was predictable but whatever his character wasnt that important anyway. This is the type of non stop action and dont care about a deep story, Extraction is the type of movie that I cant pass on since its violent, its intense and that twelve minute one shot sequence alone is worth watching the hole thing. There is no wasting time and never tries to split the story as it knows exactly what it wants to be and doesnt try to be anything more than that, it doesnt waste time with unnecessary subplots or trying to make some big statement about war or violence, it just gives you two hours of Chris Hemsworth kicking ass and saving a kid and sometimes thats all you need from an action movie. I give it a solid 8 out of 10 because its not perfect but its a hell of a good time and way better than I was expecting from a Netflix original, heads up the sequel is as good as the first one, so if you love movies like John Wick then you will probably enjoy Extraction too, just go in expecting pure action and you wont be dissapointed at all.
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