Extraction / Tyler Rake: Operation Rescue (2020)
I will not waste time on unnecessary - "Extraction" (the Russian localization of the name again strikes a shame) - this is the best action movie of the new school, released since the days of "Reid 1-2" and "John Wick" . Who made it, how and why - I'll tell you in a separate article.
Watching "Extraction" is a must. Do you like action movies? Look. Fans of brutal mixing, where people are shot in the face with a Kalash? Look. Lovers of watching combat stabbing? Look. Do you like one-man brawls, chases and shootouts? Look. Do you like the good old action movies about a brave hero who mows crowds of opponents into a bloody mess? Look. Love Reid and John Wick ? Look. Love Chris Hemsworth? Look. That's all. Fuck already.
Film director - Sam Hargrave
In fact, "Extraction" uses the good old scheme of "getting from point A to point B, blowing up and killing everyone along the way . " It's a bloody explosive run that the inner child of every growing moviegoer misses. At the same time, there are no unnecessary intrigues, romantic lines or pretentious speeches. The movie was filmed in order to entertain and show STYLISH DENTAL ACTION, which has almost no direct analogues.
For drama and heartfelt dialogues, please go to the "drama" heading, here people's faces are put on a rake, and then they joke about the name of the main character on the same topic. When you go to watch a film in which all the emphasis is on unique and jewelery action, the requirement for a twisted plot and dialogue smells a little of deliberate self-harm. It's like in that comic meme, when a dude on a bicycle inserts a stick into a wheel, falls, holds on to his knee and blames politicians for it. Don't do that, leave your inner nerd on the street, let your inner child have some fun.
By the way, even with all the discounts and a simple story, empathy and plot twists are not the most classic for an action movie. The theme of harsh men and their love for their sons is very well intertwined. Maybe Hamsworth's dramatic flashbacks are a bit of stock footage and clichés written by neural networks ... but it works, damn it. Personally, it's easy to buy me - just add a sad ambient, wet eyes on a brutal, prickly face and let a melancholic piano play in the background. All. My empathy works.
Add here, in contrast, an equal rival who calls home and says goodbye to his wife and son before the deadly mission - and in general, the film immediately acquires some kind of soul, but a soul. The plot about the local Pabloescobar, of course, is sewn with white thread for the sake of motivating events, but it does not irritate at all, and in some places even carries away because of the local flavor. The most important thing is that the heroes are not spared here, they screw everyone up, with blood and gaping wounds in their foreheads. The wounds look like real ones, broken noses and stab wounds do not heal at all. Little things like that are extremely important even in entertaining action films - work on empathy.
Total. "Extraction" is a totally unexpected fucking thing for everyone who is dragging along with new trends in the action genre. It's very brutal, it's diverse. The third act loses a little to the first half due to the monotony of the action, but at the same time it does not lower the quality bar, the number of headshots and spectacular fatalities. If you are a true fan of the genre - a simple story (fucking complicated here - no one will answer) you will not be confused. Again - you need to watch for the sake of shootings, murders, headshots, knife fights, chases, fights, reloading, rake in the face, slap in the face of fucks and for the sake of Hemsworth's brutality. This is all there is in bulk.