Tag: Extraction

Director: Steven C Miller

Writer: Umair Aleem, Max Adams (Screenplay)

Starring: Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney, Joshua Mikel, Steve Coulter

Plot: A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.

Tagline – To save his family, he must save the world.

Runtime: 1 Hour 22 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Extraction starts when CIA agent Leonard (Willis) sees his wife killed by a group he was operating under, with his son Harry (Lutz) being unable to pull the trigger for his own safety. Years later Harry is now a fully trained operative, one who is ready for the field work and after Leonard is captured, Harry must go against orders to save the day and prove his worth.

Harry must team up with his former lover and fellow agent Victoria (Carano) to get to the truth about what has happened to his father, going against all the orders placed on front of him.

Thoughts on Extraction

Thoughts – Extraction is an action thriller that will put a young CIA agent in action against his higher ups plans to help try and protect his father who has become a hostage, all to prove himself after their family got torn about by a criminal targeting them. This is one of those action films that has a basic enough story and that looks to bring a twist of two along to try and shake the audience perception of what they have seen. Everything works for an easy watch, with the role of Bruce Willis being what you would expect, more of a supporting role, while the younger action star Kellan Lutz must carry the most action packed sequences in the film. This isn’t a terrible one of the typical Bruce Willis bargain bin collection, but it doesn’t give us anything like we would like to expect from him.

Final Thoughts – Extraction is an easy watch action film that will do all the basic well, even if it ends up being more forgettable than anything.

Director: Sam Hargrave

Writer: Joe Russo (Screenplay) Joe Russo (Graphic Novel)

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Shivam Vichare, Piyush Khati, Randeep Hooda

Plot: Tyler Rake, a fearless black market mercenary, embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career when he’s enlisted to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord.

Runtime: 1 Hour 56 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Verdict: Explosive Actioner

Story: Extraction starts when Indian kid Ovi Mahajan (Jaiswal) is abducted by a rival gang, the ransom is set, his father demands his people go in for the rescue, with Nik Khan (Farahani) bringing her team in for an extraction, Tyler Rake (Hemsworth) leads the extraction mission.

Once Tyler has Ovi, he must find a way to escape the danger filled streets which seem him needing to battle gangster, police and anybody who will accept a pay check from the gangster who took him.

Thoughts on Extraction

Characters – Tyler Rake is a mercenary with a dark past, he has lost everything meaning he will do any mission that comes his way, his latest one see him going alone on an extraction mission of a kidnapped child, needing to use his skills connections to escape a city under lockdown trying to kill him. Nik Khan runs the operation, she has put the team together including Tyler and must find a solution from the outside to try and save him. Ovi is the young boy that has been kidnapped, he must learn to trust Tyler to help him get out of the situation. Saju is one of the men sent to rescue Ovi, only to find himself in the same situation Tyler is at.

Performances – Chris Hemsworth in the leading role is great to watch, he handles both the serious side and the action sequences with ease. Elsewhere we have a great cast that never look out of place through the film.

Story – The story follows a mercenary who is assigned a mission to rescue and extract a kidnapped child only to find himself needing to fight back against an army of enemies to try and get him out alive. When we break down the story it is very simple in how everything plays out, this is entertaining to watch because it doesn’t hold back with how it unfolds. We have one person needing to take on endless enemies to get out. It might not be the most original, but it works on everything it needs to do.

Action – The action is brutal with how the bullets are flying around getting blood flying around with the injuries, we have some wonderful sequences.

Settings – The film keeps most of the film within the city, showing us how the city gets lockdown with no easy escape.

Scene of the Movie – The extraction gone wrong escape.

That Moment That Annoyed Me – One angle doesn’t make sense.

Final Thoughts – This is a non-stop action movie that just doesn’t hold back, we have a great performance from Hemsworth in the leading role and we are kept on the edge of the seats from start to finish.

Overall: Non-Stop Action.