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Extraction 2

Extraction 2

2023

Sam Hargrave

Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Olga Kurylenko ...

6.2

5,995

Action. Thriller After barely surviving the events of the first movie, Rake is back as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.

	Media	Author	Review
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"If you enjoyed 'Extraction', you’ll have a fine time with this one, which, in typical franchise fashion, busts its butt attempting to outdo its predecessor."
		Odie Henderson Boston Globe	"As per sequel rules, everything has to be bigger. But bigger doesn't always equal better, as 'Extraction 2' proves (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		James Marsh South China Morning Post	"'Extraction 2' outdoes its predecessor with its relentless action and wince-inducing violence (...) [It] stakes its claim to being the next no-nonsense heavyweight action franchise (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The first Extraction was entertaining enough but this new one is just cynically about extracting the cash. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"The 'Extraction' films speak to the potential grownup in every kid (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Robert Brian Taylor Collider	"Chris Hemsworth returns for the Netflix sequel that can't quite recapture the charm of the original film."
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"Sam Hargrave's sequel to his own 2020 action flick is superior in every way, and proves an ideal, high-octane vehicle for its returning star (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Brandon Zachary CBR	"The Chris Hemsworth flick is pretty fun"
		Josh Spiegel SlashFilm	"It's a fine distillation of the Netflix formula, but they've rarely figured out how to make these things entertaining as opposed to just safe. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 10)"
		John Serba Decider	"Hargrave's ability to maintain suspense within cleverly staged action is reason enough to fire up this escapist fare"
		Matt Donato IGN	"It’s an exciting yet flawed sequel that packs a punch behind sometimes motion-sick camerawork, desperately trying to live up to films like The Raid or The Night Comes For Us and coming just close enough to work."
		Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"Hemsworth is in good form in predictable, entertaining actioner (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Robert Daniels The New York Times	"'Extraction 2,' a drab, brawny sequel starring Chris Hemsworth as an Australian mercenary, offers a turgid shadow of the type of crowd-pleasing escapism that action blockbusters used to provide."
		Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times	"Bigger, louder and even less necessary, 'Extraction 2' lumbers along"
		Ricky Valero Ready Steady Cut	"One of the best action movies of this decade, featuring a bonafide action star performance from Chris Hemsworth (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Helen O'Hara Empire	"It’s an assault on the senses, especially the ears and the nerves, but it’s also a satisfyingly merciless action thriller that manages to build on the scale and ambition of the first." (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nick Allen The Playlist	"It cements director Sam Hargraves talents At 'John Wick'-like levels"
		Emma Simmonds Radio Times	"A satisfying sequel (...)Tyler Rake returns for more quality action – even if the script is stuffed with predictable beats and trite pronouncements (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jesse Hassenger Paste Magazine	"[It] isn’t necessarily smarter than its predecessor, maybe it’s somewhat less stupid"
		Noah Berlatsky Chicago Reader	"There are so many other action films out there with a sense of style, humor, or wit—'Atomic Blonde', 'The Raid', 'The Princess'. Even the recent Jennifer Lopez vehicle 'The Mother' has more personality than this drab squib"
		Andrew Parker The Gate	"The set pieces and physicality necessary to pull them off are some of the most impressive feats of brawn and logistical smarts on film this year"
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Some of the action sucks the air from your lungs (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Todd McCarthy Deadline	"'Extraction 2' more than measures up to expectations stirred by the gritty and massively lethal non-stop action of the initial entry last year"
		Andy Klein AV Club	"Another onslaught of mayhem that doesn't disappoint"
		Alex Flood NME	"It’s mostly pleasing, mindless fun, but making sense of the story is like pulling teeth (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Andrew Mack Screen Anarchy	"The works the 'Extraction' films remain a franchise that we wish to revisit again and again"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"It’s full speed ahead again, but Chris Hemsworth also brings a lot of emotion to the story (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Adam Graham Detroit News	"Now comes the sequel, which is even heavier on action mechanics and even thinner on character, as if that was even possible"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Netflix sequel brings back charming mercenary Tyler Rake, on a rescue mission of unrelenting thrills (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Tomris Laffly The Wrap	"[It] simultaneously feels more brutal than its predecessor, but also more sophisticated and even measured in its handling of violence"
		Courtney Howard Variety	"Intrepid mercenary Tyler Rake returns with a vengeance, attempting to rescue frazzled family members from an unrelenting criminal network in this smashing sequel."
		Kevin Maher The Times	"By the end it's hard to care. But that oner? Wow! (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alex Maidy JoBlo	"Chris Hemsworth leads the best action movie you won’t see on the big screen this summer."
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Mostly, it deserves — hell, it nearly demands — to be seen on the big screen (...) the kind of stuff that still belongs in a movie theater with a rip-roaring crowd"

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