Extraction (2020 film)

Extraction
Official release poster
Directed by	Sam Hargrave
Screenplay by	Joe Russo
Story by	Ande Parks Joe Russo Anthony Russo
Based on	Ciudad by Ande Parks Joe Russo Fernando León González
Produced by	Joe Russo Anthony Russo Mike Larocca Chris Hemsworth Eric Gitter Peter Schwern
Starring	Chris Hemsworth Rudhraksh Jaiswal Geetanjali Thapa Randeep Hooda Golshifteh Farahani Pankaj Tripathi David Harbour
Cinematography	Newton Thomas Sigel
Edited by	Peter B. Ellis Ruthie Aslan
Music by	Henry Jackman Alex Belcher
Production companies	AGBO Thematic Entertainment India Take One Productions T.G.I.M. Films
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24) (United States)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$65 million

Extraction is a 2020 American action-thriller film directed by Sam Hargrave (in his feature 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 stars Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi and David Harbour, and follows a black ops mercenary who must rescue an Indian drug lord's kidnapped son in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The film was released on April 24, 2020, by Netflix. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances and action sequences, but criticized the plot and excessive violence. A sequel is in development.

Plot

Tyler Rake, a black-market mercenary and former Australian Special Air Service Regiment soldier, is recruited by fellow mercenary Nik Khan to rescue Ovi Mahajan Jr., the son of India's incarcerated biggest drug lord Ovi Mahajan Sr., from Dhaka, Bangladesh where he is being held for ransom by Bangladesh's ruthless and powerful drug lord, Amir Asif.

Ovi Mahajan Jr, the son of India's incarcerated biggest drug lord Ovi Mahajan Sr, is seen hanging out with his friends from school, before he is picked up by a high security convoy to drop Ovi Mahajan Jr home.Ovi then goes out at night to hang out with his friends at a bar. There, his friend invites him to go out back to smoke some marijuana. However, minutes later, two police officers come and ask what they are doing. The two police officers are actually working for Amir Asif, Bangladesh's ruthless and powerful drug lord. One of the officers shoots Ovi's friend in the head, and captures Ovi to be held for ransom. Tyler Rake, is recruited by fellow mercenary Nik Khan to rescue Ovi Mahajan Jr. from Dhaka, Bangladesh where he is being held for ransom by Amir Asif.

Saju Ray, a former Indian Special Forces soldier and Ovi's father's chief henchman, visits Ovi's father in prison. Ovi Mahajan Sr threatens Saju, saying that if Saju doesn't get Ovi's Sr son back, Saju may not see his own son's next birthday. Ovi Sr however, does not have enough money to pay the ransom to release his son, so Saju has to think of an alternative.

The plan is for Tyler and his team to extract Ovi from his kidnappers, and before Tyler gets the boy back to Ovi Sr, Ovi Sr will transfer the funds to Tyler and his team. Whilst Rake is in the process of extracting Ovi from his kidnappers, Saju Rav, kills Rake's teammates and attempts to bring the boy back himself without paying the funds to Tyler and his team. Elsewhere, Asif demands an immediate lockdown of Dhaka from the corrupt authorities, locking all bridges going in and out of Dhaka, after getting news that Ovi has escaped.

After escaping Saju and the corrupt police and elite force—both of which are controlled by Asif—Rake and Ovi encounter Farhad, a boy who wants to prove himself to Asif by killing Rake, and his gang of youngsters. Rake fights off but does not kill the boys since they are just kids. Nik Khan tells Rake through phone that there is no point in extracting Ovi anymore because there is no money to be made. However, Rake and Ovi begin to bond on their escape of Dhaka. Rake becomes close to Ovi because Ovi reminds Rake of his own son who died from lymphoma at a young age. And Ovi begins to bond with Rake because Ovi sees Rake as a father who cares for him, whereas Ovi's real father, sees Ovi as a package that has to be constantly looked after and secured and not as a person. Rake and Ovi later escape a sticky situation by hiding into the sewers. From there, Rake calls his friend Gaspar, an old friend and retired former squadmate of Rake's living in Dhaka, who owes Rake. They are then later picked up by Gaspar, who take the pair to his home. Gaspar and Rake catch up before Gaspar leaves and Rake takes food upstairs to Ovi. When Gaspar returns home, he reveals there is a $10 million reward for Ovi's death; all Rake has to do to receive an equal share of the money is to let Gaspar kill Ovi. Gaspar and Rake fight, during which Gaspar drops his gun. Gaspar is about to stab Rake when he is interrupted by Ovi who has picked up the fallen gun. Gaspar charges at Ovi but is shot twice and dies. Ovi is shocked that he has killed a man, and cries into Rake's shoulder indicating how close they have become.

Rake calls Saju and asks for his help, forcing them to team up against the police and elite force in order to escape Dhaka. Rake draws attention away from Saju and Ovi as the two make their way through a bridge checkpoint. Rake makes his way back towards the bridge along with Khan's extraction team of mercenaries as Asif watches from afar with binoculars. During the ensuing firefight, Saju is sniped by Asif's colonel who is then in turn sniped by Khan. Rake continues to cover the extraction and is severely wounded in the shootout. He instructs Ovi to run toward an awaiting helicopter and continues firing with the intent to follow. Ovi watches alongside Khan as Rake makes his way toward the helicopter, only to be shot in the side of the neck by Farhad. Rake drags himself to the side of the bridge and falls over the barrier into the river. Before falling into the river, Rake gestured to Nik to let him fall off the bridge. Rake has always wanted to kill himself to be with his dead son, which is why he has been taking these dangerous mercenary missions. Ovi, Khan and the extraction team escape to Mumbai.

Eight months later, Khan kills Asif in the washroom of a restaurant. Ovi dives into his school's swimming pool and sees a man resembling Rake, watching over him From afar as he surfaces.

Cast

• Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a former SASR operator turned mercenary.
• Rudhraksh Jaiswal as Ovi Mahajan, the son of Indian crime lord Ovi Mahajan Sr.
• Randeep Hooda as Saju, a former Para (Special Forces) operator and henchman 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.
• Priyanshu Painyuli as Amir Asif, the Bangladeshi crime lord who kidnapped Ovi.
• Adam Bessa as Yaz Khan
• Shataf Figar as Bajlur Rashid, a colonel of a Bangladeshi elite force working for Amir
• Suraj Rikame as Farhad, a young boy turned henchman of Amir.
• Neha Mahajan as Neysa, Saju's wife
• Sam Hargrave as Gaetan, a mercenary and partner of Tyler.
• Abhinav Srivastava as Sanjib, the rooftop boy

Production

On August 31, 2018, it was announced that Sam Hargrave would direct Dhaka from a screenplay by Joe Russo. In addition, Chris Hemsworth was set to star in the film. In November 2018, the rest of the cast was set.

Production began in Ahmedabad and Mumbai in November 2018. Filming next took place in Ban Pong, Ratchaburi, Thailand and plateshots in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The cast stayed in Nakhon Pathom. Principal production ended in March 2019. The film's working title was initially Dhaka but was changed to Out of the Fire, before the final title was revealed to be Extraction on February 19, 2020.

Reception

Viewership

Netflix estimated the film would be watched by about 90 million households during its first month of release, the biggest premiere in the site's history.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 68% and an average rating of 6.1/10, based on 169 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads: "Spectacular stunt work and an electric performance from Chris Hemsworth can't save Extraction from being dragged down by its aimless violence." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Rohan Naahar of the Hindustan Times praised the performances of Hemsworth and Hooda, and wrote: "Featuring one of the most stunning action scenes in recent memory... [the film] is breakneck and bonkers." Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt gave the film a "B" and wrote that it "mostly delivers what its swaggering trailer promises: international scenery; insidious villains; a taciturn, tree-trunk Aussie."

Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said: "Aiming for the fight poetry of the John Wick franchise, Extraction comes closer to a series of stunts strung together to look like an ultraviolent video game (think Manhunt 2) in which the avatars are played by actual humans."

Extraction was criticized by several outlets for having perceived "white savior" elements. Variety called the film "a white-savior version of Man on Fire," while Screen Rant said that the film's "regressive white savior elements" drag it down. In an overall positive review, Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote: "Look, let's get this out of the way. Yes, director Sam Hargrave and writer Joe Russo's Extraction... is an arguably 'problematic' white savior flick".

Cheryl Kahla of The South African said: "Extraction reminds me of a game I once played, perhaps on PlayStation 3 many moons ago; the memory feels vague. Do you want to see Hemsworth do a role justice? Do you want a proper 'skop-skiet-en-donner' action film? Then, yes, Extraction is for you. Is it a white-savior film? Yes, yes it is. Unfortunately".

The Daily Star expressed concern over the representation of Dhaka, calling the representation "bleak and inaccurate". BBC Bangla also noted many complaints online about the inaccurate portrayal of Bangladesh in the film.

Sequel

In May 2020, it was reported Joe Russo had been hired to write a sequel to the film, with the intention of both Hargrave and Hemsworth returning.

External links

• Extraction at IMDb 
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• Extraction on Netflix