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A veteran stunt professional, Hargravedirected the firstExtraction, which came out in 2020.
The sequel certainly represents a step up from that effort.
It didnt have to be this way.
All Hemsworth is asked to do is stare off into space.
As a result, theres an emotional void where the movies heart should be.
Of course, its not really a single shot.
There are clearly digital stitches hidden amid all those whip-pans and dark shadows passing through the frame.
Lets talk about this for a bit.
The setup of the sequence is simple.
(Everything in this movie is simple.)
This section is genuinely uproarious.
These show-offy single-take sequences certainly have their place.
If such connections exist inExtraction 2, I missed them.
Mainly, its all justneat impressively mounted and increasingly meaningless.
Still, thats not nothing.
Hargraves directorial bravado and perverse imagination occasionally help transcend the generic story and characters.
A guy gets pitchforked in the neck.
Another gets his face plastered into a furnace before his hand is ripped in half.
Then some other guy gets his head smushed with a dumbbell.
At least one helicopter blows up real good.
Theres a fight on a glass rooftop thats fun for about half a minute.
You get your kicks where you’re able to.
I cant wait to see what happens to him next.
Tyler Rake, not so much.
