Extraction

The event of the title involves Ovi Mahajan (Rudhraksh Jaiswal), the adolescent son of an imprisoned Mumbai gangster. He’s kidnapped by his father’s rival, Amir (Priyanshu Painyuli), which puts Ovi’s protector Saju (Randeep Hooda) in mortal danger. The elder Mahajan can’t pay the ransom because his finances are frozen, but his syndicate still hires Rake to rescue his kid. This latest mission comes to the drunk Aussie’s attention courtesy of his colleague, Nik Khan (Golshifteh Farahani). The percentage for failure is high, but it’s not insurmountable. Plus, Rake needs the money and he has a death wish. That latter thing may have something to do with the hazy flashbacks interspersed throughout the first half of “Extraction.”

Hemsworth’s character has more action movie clichés than Carter’s got liver pills: He’s unflappable even in extreme danger, he’s got a tragic secret, he never misses a shot, he abuses various legal and illegal substances, and he makes the kind of friends who invariably will turn on him at inopportune moments. But he’s also got a softer side, a paternal instinct that comes out once his rescue mission goes violently awry. He refuses to abandon Ovi even after the kid becomes expendable. “Do you trust me?” he asks. Ovi replies that he does not. “Good,” says Rake before pushing him off one roof and onto another.

Helping ruin Rake’s day and raise the body count is Saju, who’s running his own extraction plan at his boss’ behest, and Amir’s army of vicious killers. They all figure prominently in the film’s exciting centerpiece, a rowdy sequence where cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel evokes the one-take gimmickry of last year’s “1917.” It starts and ends with a car crash and warrants as many repeat viewings as the Netflix platform will allow. Most importantly, Hargrove abandons the device before it becomes obnoxious.

— 2019 Hollywood Movie Review