Extraction 2
Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot, and the gangster dies in the heat of battle, his equally ruthless brother tracks down Rake and his team to Sydney, in order to get revenge.
- Released: 2023-06-16
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Genre: Action, Thrillers
- Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Justin Howell, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Sinéad Phelps, Tornike Bziava, Patrick Newall, Olga Kurylenko, Sam Hargrave, Dato Bakhtadze, Irakli Kvirikadze, Héctor Andreu, Tite Komakhidze
- Director: Sam Hargrave
Comments
- imxhill - 25 April 2024
good stuff here but overall meh
I wanted to like this more -and i feel like i should've liked this more- but ehh.
Yes, the long takes are impressive despite being digitally cut together, the set-pieces and fight choreography are impressive and competently done -you can get so so much worse with action genre, and this is clearly much above average stuff when it comes to those areas- but in other aspects this was so subpar. Like i said the long takes are impressive but its 'gimmick' isn't going to last forever. By following a single viewpoint or camera, no matter how omniscient and kinetic it is, sometimes there will be limitations that follow in presenting a big action piece. And when it comes to stuff like the vehicle chase in the first act, you can really see how that could be detrimental in delivering satisfying action sequences. There are undeniably fun and enjoyable scenes and moments here and there, with some nice small bits of extreme/over-the-top violence (guy getting crushed by barbell type stuff) but unfortunately a lot of this felt weightless. Credit where credit is due, but overall this is just another run-of-the-mil netflix action flick. Devolving into visual noise kinda stuff. Inoffensive, watchable, but non-stimulating, head-empty feeling. There isn't enough emotional stakes or weight, viceral feeling of other great contemporary action cinema like john wick or mission impossible. Doesn't help that most of this is visually another grey sludge. Feels quite similar to the first one when it comes to its strengths and weaknesses, with some improvements (more Golshifteh Farahani!) but also some back-steps (it makes sense that the sequel dives deeper into Rake's tragic past and more parallels and relationships about saving the son, but compared to the first one the emotional scenes don't work that well.)
not a bad time, but very forgettable and disposable. - Aries_Primal - 25 January 2024
Brilliant!
I really expected high budget cheap action movie, but it got me from the beginning till the very end.
With a few words: Great plot, maybe cliche, but the denouement was so good. Actor's choice was brilliant, Chris Hemsworth's acting was so real. Loved the brother and sister team, even the mother and the kids were so realistic.
Fight scenes were a little bit overdosed but I really loved how good guys played bad and doesn't spared what bad guys deserved. Mixing a few languages was also interesting choice. Different places and traveling choices, different atmosphere - from poor prison to expensive secured place... I loved the synergy between characters, loved the dog and the chickens, hope someone took care of them.
Hate how the little brat screwed the entire thing, but he learned it the hard way which his family is.
My regards, rarely good movie!
