Extraction is a 2020 American action thriller film directed by Sam Hargrave (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Joe Russo, based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Fernando León González, and Eric Skillman. The film's cast features Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda (his international film debut), Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi and David Harbour. In the film, an Australian black ops mercenary takes on a mission to save an Indian crime lord's kidnapped son in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but the mission goes awry when he is double-crossed.
Announced to be in development on 2018, the film is a direct adaptation of the 2014 graphic novel as the Russo Brothers intended to bring the story to the screen. Several deviations separate the film from the source material of the graphic novel, however the overall story is largely maintained. Netflix released Extraction on April 24, 2020, where it received praise for its performances (particularly Hemsworth), cinematography, editing and action sequences, but the screenwriting drew criticism. It became the most-watched original film in Netflix's history, with over 99 million viewers during the first four weeks.
A sequel titled Extraction 2 is set to release on June 16, 2023 with the main cast returning.
Plot[]
Ovi Mahajan – son of incarcerated Indian drug lord Ovi Mahajan. Sr – sneaks out of his house to visit a club with his friend. At the party, they go to the garage to have a smoke, where they encounter corrupt police officers working for rival Bangladeshi drug lord Amir Asif, who shoot Ovi's friend and kidnap him.
After discovering this, Saju Rav — a former Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army Para Special Forces and Ovi's protector — visits Ovi's father in prison. Unwilling to pay the ransom or surrender his territories to Amir as it will hurt his prestige, Ovi's father orders Saju to retrieve his son, threatening to kill Saju's own son if he is unwilling to do so. Tyler Rake, a former Australian Army Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) operator turned black-market mercenary, is recruited by his handler Nik Khan to save Ovi from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Tyler and Khan's team prepare to extract Ovi, with his father's men set to pay them once Ovi is recovered. Tyler saves Ovi, kills his captors, and takes him to the extraction point. Learning of Ovi's escape, Asif orders the head of the local police, Colonel Rashid, to initiate an immediate lockdown of Dhaka, securing all bridges and travel points out of the city.
Ovi's father's men intentionally fail to transfer the funds as it is revealed that Ovi Sr's bank account has been frozen by the authorities, so he had no means to pay the mercenaries in the first place. Saju kills Tyler's teammates and tries to kill Tyler so he can save Ovi himself and cheat the mercenaries out of their payment. Khan arranges for a helicopter to extract Tyler outside the city and tells him to abandon Ovi since the contract has been nullified.
Tyler refuses to leave Ovi behind, haunted by memories of his own son, whom he abandoned after he couldn't stand seeing him suffer from lymphoma any longer. After escaping Saju and the corrupt Dhaka Metropolitan Police tactical units on Asif's payroll, Tyler fights off a gang of boys led by Farhad, a young criminal eager to impress Asif.
Tyler calls his friend Gaspar, a retired squad-mate living in Dhaka, and he and Ovi lay low at Gaspar's home for the evening. Gaspar reveals Asif has placed a $10,000,000 bounty on Ovi, which he offers to share if Tyler allows him to kill the boy. He refuses and fights Gaspar, who gains the upper hand but is shot by Ovi with Gaspar's own gun. Tyler calls Saju and asks for his help, forcing them to team up to escape Dhaka.
Tyler draws attention away from a disguised Saju and Ovi as the two make their way through a bridge checkpoint before following to cover their escape. Khan and her remaining mercenaries approach from the opposite side of the bridge, as Asif watches from afar with binoculars.
In the ensuing firefight, Saju is shot by Rashid, who is in turn shot by Khan. Wounded, Tyler instructs Ovi to run to Khan's waiting helicopter. As a badly wounded Tyler follows, he is shot in the neck by Farhad and seeing Ovi is safe, falls into the river. Ovi, Khan, and the extraction team escape to Mumbai and safety.
Eight months later, Khan encounters Asif in a restroom and promptly shoots him. Ovi jumps into his school's swimming pool to practice holding his breath, mirroring the scene where Tyler is introduced. He surfaces to see a blurred vision of a man resembling Tyler watching him.
Cast[]
- Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a former Australian SAS operator turned black ops mercenary
- Rudhraksh Jaiswal as Ovi Mahajan Jr., the son of Indian crime lord Ovi Mahajan Sr.
- Randeep Hooda as Saju Rav, a former Para (Special Forces) Lieutenant Colonel and Head of Security of Ovi Mahajan Sr.
- Golshifteh Farahani as Nik Khan, a mercenary and partner of Tyler
- Pankaj Tripathi as Ovi Mahajan Sr., the incarcerated Indian crime lord, and father of Ovi.
- David Harbour as Gaspar, a former teammate of Tyler living in Dhaka and Asif's secret friend
- Bryon and Ryder Lerum as Rake's son
- Priyanshu Painyuli as Amir Asif, a Bangladeshi crime lord who kidnaps Ovi.
- Sudipto Balav as Sadik, a henchman of Amir Asif.
- Adam Bessa as Yaz Khan, a member of Nik's crew.
- Shataf Figar as Silver Haired Colonel Rashid, a colonel of a Bangladeshi elite force working for Asif.
- Suraj Rikame as Farhad, a young boy turned henchman of Asif.
- Neha Mahajan as Neysa Rav, Saju's wife.
- Sam Hargrave as Gaetan "G", a mercenary and partner of Tyler
- Wayne Blair as KoeKoen
- Md. Raiful Islam Sujon as Killer
Production[]
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Reception[]
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Sequel[]
- Main article: Extraction 2
In May 2020, it was reported Joe Russo had been hired to write a sequel to the film, with the intention of both Sam Hargrave and Chris Hemsworth returning.[2][3] In December 2020, the Russo Brothers stated that beyond the sequel they hope to develop a series of films set within the world of Extraction to not only explore some of the characters that were introduced in the first film but to potentially launch a cinematic universe. In January 2021, it was rumored that the Russo brothers were also working on an origin story for Randeep Hooda's character Saju.[4]
Principal photography began on December 4, 2021, in Prague, Czech Republic.[5] Filming for the sequel was slated to begin in Sydney, Australia in September 2021, but measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic moved production to Prague.[6]
In September 2021, Netflix released a teaser trailer for Extraction 2, which revealed that Hemsworth will return as Tyler Rake.[7]
References[]
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- ↑ Ankers, Adele (December 9, 2020). [TBA Extraction: Russo Brothers Want to Expand Netflix Film Into a Cinematic Universe].
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|url=value (help). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 5, 2021. - ↑ [TBA 'Extraction 2', starring Chris Hemsworth, to reportedly film in Prague] (en-US) (August 31, 2021).
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