Extraction (2020)
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An Australian mercenary must navigate a deadly betrayal to rescue an Indian drug lord's son in Dhaka.
The story
When the son of an incarcerated Indian drug lord is kidnapped by a rival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a high-stakes rescue mission is initiated. Tyler Rake, an elite Australian mercenary, is hired to extract the boy from the city. However, the operation quickly spirals into chaos when the mission is compromised by a double-cross. Rake must navigate a landscape of corrupt officials, rival gangs, and internal betrayals to ensure the boy's safety. As the situation deteriorates and the extraction point becomes a battlefield, Rake must fight through a gauntlet of enemies to get the boy out of the city alive.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Ovi Mahajan Jr. is kidnapped by corrupt police working for a rival drug lord, Amir Asif. His father, Ovi Mahajan Sr., hires a mercenary named Tyler Rake to rescue him. Rake successfully finds the boy, but the mission is complicated by the fact that the father's bank accounts are frozen, meaning the mercenaries won't be paid. Saju Rav, a former officer and the father's head of security, betrays the mercenaries to keep the boy for himself. Rake and his partner, Nik Khan, are forced to flee with the boy while being hunted by local police and a gang led by Farhad. After a tense standoff at a bridge, Saju is killed, and Rake is severely wounded. He eventually manages to get the boy to safety with Nik's team. Eight months later, Nik kills the rival drug lord, while Ovi Jr. practices holding his breath in a pool, seeing a vision of Rake.
- First release year
- 2020
- Runtime (minutes)
- 117
- Production countries
- United States; Australia
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Sam Hargrave
- Writers
- Joe Russo · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Chris Hemsworth · Tyler Rake; Rudhraksh Jaiswal · Ovi Mahajan Jr.; Randeep Hooda · Saju Rav; Golshifteh Farahani · Nik Khan; Pankaj Tripathi · Ovi Mahajan Sr.; David Harbour · Gaspar
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- betrayal; sacrifice
- Tone and mood
- violent; intense
- Premise and plot tags
- mercenaries; kidnapping; action
- Source material / true-story basis
- Ciudad
- Franchise connections
- Extraction
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews, with critics praising the action and performances while criticizing the narrative and representation of the setting.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 56 · scale: 100 · review count: 35
- Awards and nominations
- Visual Effects Society Awards · Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature · 2021 · nomination
- Production trivia
- The film was originally titled Ciudad and later Dhaka.
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