Extraction 2 is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by Sam Hargrave and written by Joe Russo, based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Fernando León González, and Eric Skillman. It is a sequel to the 2020 film Extraction, with Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani and Adam Bessa all reprising their roles. Olga Kurylenko, Daniel Bernhardt, Tinatin Dalakishvili and Idris Elba joining the cast.
Extraction 2 was released by Netflix on June 16, 2023 and garnered positive reception from critics, with some considering it an improvement over its predecessor.
Plot[]
After barely surviving his previous mission, Tyler Rake retires from mercenary work to a cabin in Austria after recovering at a hospital in Dubai, where he is approached by a stranger named Alcott and is asked to rescue his ex-wife Mia's sister Ketevan and her two children Sandro and Nina, who are currently imprisoned along with her gangster husband Davit Radiani at Tkachiri prison in Georgia. Tyler recruits Nik and Yaz to join him and they infiltrate the prison. They attempt to get Ketevan and her children out without alerting a sleeping Davit, but Davit wakes up and alerts the other prisoners loyal to him, where they confront Tyler and his team and start a riot, forcing them to fight their way out. During the extraction, Davit attacks Tyler and Ketevan with Tyler viciously killing Davit.
Tyler and Ketevan are swarmed by prisoners and forced to fight their way through the crowd while constantly being attacked. The group manages to escape and return to their safe house in Vienna. However, Ketevan and Davit's teenage son Sandro, who idolizes his father, realizes that Tyler had killed his father and secretly contacts his uncle and Davit's overprotective older brother Zurab, who sets out to track down Tyler in order to find his nephew and exact vengeance. Zurab and his men track down Tyler and the others to the safe house, trapping them in the building. In the chaos, Sandro leaves the group to find Zurab. Tyler and the group end up taking one of Zurab's helicopters to make their escape, but Yaz is killed by Zurab. Tyler and the group return to his cabin, where he and Ketevan are reunited with Mia.
Tyler apologizes to Mia for leaving on a mission before their son died from cancer. Zurab contacts Tyler, telling him to meet at a nearby airfield where he is holding Sandro hostage. After assaulting the airfield, Tyler finds Zurab and Sandro in a nearby church, with Sandro wearing an explosive vest. Zurab forces Sandro to take Tyler's pistol and take aim at him, but Nik arrives, which leads to a standoff. Getting Sandro away, the three shoot at each other; Tyler fights and kills Zurab, but Nik is left seriously wounded and falls unconscious as police swarm the church. In the aftermath, Nik and Tyler are imprisoned and Mia informs Tyler that Ketevan and her children have been moved to protective custody. She tells Tyler that his son actually wanted to be brave like him and she bids farewell. Tyler is transported out of prison to meet with Alcott who offers to recruit him. However, Tyler says that he cannot accept his offer without Nik, only to find that Alcott had already brought Nik on board because he knew that Tyler would want her in the mission.
Cast[]
- Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a former Australian SAS operator turned black ops mercenary.
- Golshifteh Farahani as Nik Kahn, a mercenary and partner of Tyler.
- Adam Bessa as Yaz Kahn, Nik's brother and a member of Nik and Tyler's crew
- Olga Kurylenko as Mia, Tyler's ex-wife and sister of Ketevan.
- Tinatin Dalakishvili as Ketevan, Mia's sister, Davit's wife, Sandro and Nina's mother
- Andro Japaridze as Sandro, Davit's and Ketevan's teenage son.
- Miriam and Marta Kovziashvili as Nina, Davit's and Ketevan's young daughter.
- Tornike Gogrichiani as Zurab
- Tornike Bziava as Davit
- Dato Bakhtadze as Avtandil
- Daniel Bernhardt as Konstantine
- Levan Saginashvili as Vakhtang
- George Lasha as Sergo
- Irakli Kvirikadze as Ivayne
- Idris Elba as the unnamed stranger, credited as Alcott
- Sam Hargrave as a gravedigger (cameo)
Production[]
Development[]
In May 2020, two weeks after the release of Extraction, it was reported Joe Russo had been hired to write a sequel to the film, with the intention of both Sam Hargrave and Chris Hemsworth returning. In December 2020, the Russo Brothers stated that beyond the sequel they hope to develop a series of films set within the world of Extraction to not only explore some of the characters that were introduced in the first film but to potentially launch a cinematic universe. In January 2021, it was rumored that the Russo brothers were also working on an origin story for Randeep Hooda's character Saju.
Production[]
Filming for the sequel was slated to begin in Sydney, Australia in September 2021, but measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic moved production to Prague. On November 29, 2021, Hargrave announced that principal photography had begun in Prague, Czech Republic, before Hemsworth announced that he began filming his scenes on December 4. Further shooting began in Vienna, Austria on January 28, 2022, and lasted until February 14, 2022. Scenes were shot at Donau City in the vicinity of the DC Towers. Filming officially wrapped on April 6, 2022. The film was shot on the ARRI ALEXA Mini LF cameras by implementing the same long-take strategies from the first film. Reshoots for the film took place in Prague in November 2022.
Release[]
Extraction 2 was released on June 16, 2023, by Netflix.
Reception[]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 89 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Bigger, bolder, and in some respects even better than its predecessor, Extraction 2 is an over-the-top action thriller done right." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Sequel[]
In June 2023, at the Netflix Tudum festival for the year, it was announced that Extraction 3is in development. Stated that the company identifies Extraction as a franchise, the official logo was revealed. Chris Hemsworth will reprise his role as Tyler Rake, with Sam Hargrave once again serving as director.
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