Extraction (2020)

[Greg]

12 minute oner. All fighting and car chasing. Review to follow after I finish watching it tonight. On  Netflix.

[Drunk Monk]

Not to be confused with Extraction http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=3980

[Greg]

Well, that was entertaining. Thor lost all the weight he put on in Endgame and goes to Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's son. But then things go Tits up. That's it. That's the plot. But there is so much fun coloration. Lots of double crosses. Lot's of stabbing. Lots of shooting. Lots of cringe worthy moments where you get to react viscerally. In the center of it all is the 12 minute one- shot. It was a technical achievement because it did so much. I'm curious to know how long they rehearsed, although it can be broken down into bits because there were a lot of hidden cuts in it. 

It is an MCU offspring since Joe Russo of the MCU Russo brothers fame wrote it. David Harbour, an upcoming person in the MCU in Black Widow, makes an appearance. And Thor of course.

There's a lot of father-son theme going throughout the film. There is a big pause in the middle where everyone catches their breath and talks about their feelings. But it passes.

The Queen and I engaged in some Doom-esque movie commentary at a few points. 

Totally Doom recommend. It's a film the group would have seen together back in the day.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Entertaining. There are some annoying bits of plot interfering with the violence, but they are mercifully brief (or I just used the fast-forward).

[Drunk Monk]

Some nice ultravi. One of those major body count films. The single take was solid - lots of hidden stitches but convincing enough. 

I do like Thor. He's got a great look and that accent is just dreamy. But he'll always be Thor to me. I just can't get past him as Thor.

Interesting take on India. Some shots brought back memories.

No sword fights, unless you count the goonies with ratchets and some misc stabby things. lotza firefights, lotza explosions. Sanguineuous. Very DOOM.

[Drunk Monk]

[Greg]

What I got from the trailer was that we have nothing from Extraction 2 but would like you to know that we are working on it.

Probably should have watched TUDUM, but then I figured I have a life to lead.

[Drunk Monk]

I didn’t bother watching TUDUM. I just peeped the highlights. And I’ll make some $cratch off it with some Den tasks.

[Greg]

It's all about the Benjamins.

[Drunk Monk]

You know, I used to dream of being a film reviewer. I remember watching Siskel & Ebert and thinking they had the coolest job in the world. 

Now here I am. I take notes when I watch stuff. I look at films and TV differently. 

But I'm enjoying the process. I feel somewhat self-actualized by it all. It's still better than flipping burgers... 
...or wiring Italian epees.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

No snickers about my knickers, you hater.

[Drunk Monk]

[Greg]

Extraction 2 June 17

Flaming fists of fury.

[Greg]

Seen it. And it was fine. Yes, there is a 21 minute oner that took six weeks to film. And yes, it was distracting because I kept thinking "We are in the oner! How will it end?" I kept thinking too how did they come up with the money to afford this extraction? And why didn't they bring more guys to help if they had all this money? And boy this is kind of a silly way to break out of prison. And the whole gunslinger mano y mano ending left this reviewer cold. It seems we've run out of ideas for fights. Most of them are in situation where they are surrounded by probs they can use in the fight and inventive ways to apply them. I guess there is only so many ways to throw a punch.

Kudos to Hemsworth for doing the 21 minute fight scene there was a lot to do and he was right there in it.

My favorite characters in the film were brother-sister duo Nik and Yaz Khan, especially Nik. I want more of her. Although I probably need to go back to movie 1 to see why she is so dedicated to Tyler. (Narrator's Voice: He's not going back to watch the original Extraction)

Like I said. It was fine.

[Drunk Monk]

 I kept thinking

There’s your problem right there. Who wastes time thinking in a Chris Hemsworth flick? That’s dumb.

That 21 min oner was bad ass, man. So intense. Swirling cinematography and fight choreo. A freakin masterpiece of mayhem. I was fully engaged for it. Clever action throughout and the way it built up was staggering. The prison yard fight alone was incredible and that only the middle of it. 

But when it ended, holy cats, there was another hour of movie to go. How could they top that? There’s some extreme fire fights in a glass high rise - and that was good ultravi no doubt but it pales by comparison. And then there was yet another finale fight, which was also good but weaker than the first two action sequences. So it was an action film of diminishing returns. 

I too liked Nik & Yaz, and was amused by the constant Thor references within the action sequences. But in the end, I’ll agree with Greg. It was fine. Had they reversed to order of the action, this would’ve been much improved. It just needs to be recut with the finale fight first, then the rest told backwards in flashbacks. 

That oner was great tho. There were clever digital stitches but overall, the flow of the fights were coherent and thrilling. Very impressive. I may have to rewatch just that part (Narrator’s voice: I’m not going to rewatch that part).

Recommended for D00M ultravi and oner fans. But don’t think. That’ll spoil it. 

I confess that I did think about how good the bulletproof body armor was and why didn’t they give the mom and kids some bulletproof vests, but I quickly dismissed that thought once I realized that they were naturally immune to the constant hailstorm of bullets. Sometimes some characters are just that way somehow. Don’t think. No thinking allowed here. Don’t ruin it for yourself with thinkn.