Extraction (2020)

Empty Action Thriller - Extraction review by GI

This is a fast paced action thriller. On the positive side it has some brilliantly choreographed action set pieces, the chases, fights, gun battles (and there's a lot of 'em) are all extremely well executed. On the negative side is the rest of it! A very shoddy script, one dimensional characters that are comic book in nature (it's been adapted from a graphic novel or in other words a comic) and a very clichéd plot. Chris Hemsworth (who surely deserves better than this) plays Tyler, a super soldier turned mercenary who has some emotional baggage (well, he had to have didn't he??). He works for some shady company who specialise in all sorts of extreme violence stuff. So when the young son of a Bangladeshi crime lord is kidnapped by a rival crime lord in comes Tyler for the rescue or the 'extraction'. Cue loads of bullets and inept bad guys getting killed in nasty ways. The film utilises loads of Bourne action styling, plenty of early Schwarzenegger type stuff and dare I say it steals an idea from Schindlers List (1993), which annoyed the hell out of me. Anyway apart from the real time actual extraction scene, which I was impressed by, the film is basically stupid and a throw away. The slightly mysterious ending is obviously to pave the way for a sequel.....I hope not.