Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction2 ditches dated elements but can’t quite recapture the charms of the original film. Our review:
There have been a number of action-hero archetypes in film over the years. We've had your Glib Action Heroes — think Schwarzenegger and Willis in their heydays. We've also had Mythic Action Heroes, which range from Mad Max to most superheroes put on screen these days.
'Extraction 2' Starts Strong With an Epic 21-Minute Continuous Action Sequence Extraction 2, directed once again by Hargrave with Joe Russo handling writing duties by himself, picks up immediately after the climax of the first film. Rake, a special-ops soldier turned mercenary who has never emotionally recovered from losing his young son to cancer, has seemingly died after completing his mission, getting riddled with gunfire, and falling off a bridge.
As far as set-ups go, it works well enough, and during its first 50 minutes, Extraction 2 gives fans of the original film everything they could ask for. In an attempt to surpass the continuous-action "oner" that proved to be a highlight of the first movie, Extraction 2's prison break is shot and then digitally stitched together to look like the action all happens in a single take.
Also not helping is the fact that neither the story nor the supporting characters are able to hold the viewer's attention all that well in this sequel. The first Extraction was purposefully an impersonal film, highlighted by fleeting moments of humanity captured in the burgeoning friendship between Rake and the teenaged boy he rescues.
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