Overview
A mercenary returns to the fray, risking it all to save an innocent family from a ruthless gangster.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- gritty
- propulsive
- tense
- action movie night
- weekend binge
What critics said
Critics broadly agreed that the film delivers exceptionally ambitious and entertaining action set pieces, especially its extended one-shot sequence, while criticizing its generic story and uneven visual effects.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The prison extraction is presented as a celebrated 21-minute action sequence combining stunts, editing, visual effects, and shifting combat spaces.
Tyler Rake returns from grievous wounds and undertakes another rescue mission while carrying the emotional burden of his violent profession.
Tyler and his team must remove a family from a Georgian gangster's control before the gangster's brother pursues them for revenge.
The film's defining critical and production signal is its elaborate hand-to-hand combat, gunplay, vehicle action, and stunt work.
Films like Extraction 2, and why
Extraction
military-style rescue mission, explosive set pieces, gritty mercenary protagonist, and relentless forward momentum
The Raid 2
hard-edged rescue action, criminal underworld conflict, brutal close-quarters combat, and an emotionally guarded operative
John Wick: Chapter 4
retro-styled action thrills, revenge-driven violence, and a highly capable protagonist overcoming overwhelming opposition
The Night Comes for Us
prison-break action, muscular choreography, and large-scale tactical combat built around sustained stunt spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Sam Hargrave
- Release Date
- 2023-06-09
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (3072)
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth
- Golshifteh Farahani
- Adam Bessa
- Tornike Gogrichiani
- Tornike Bziava
- Tinatin Dalakishvili
- Andro Japaridze
- Justin Howell
- Idris Elba
- Olga Kurylenko
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Extraction 2 about?
- A wounded mercenary fights through prisons, criminal armies, and personal trauma to extract a family hunted by a ruthless Georgian crime dynasty.
- What is Extraction 2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Extraction 2 as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Extraction 2 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Extraction 2 as graphic.
- What did critics think of Extraction 2?
- Critics broadly agreed that the film delivers exceptionally ambitious and entertaining action set pieces, especially its extended one-shot sequence, while criticizing its generic story and uneven visual effects.
- Which films are like Extraction 2?
- Films with a similar feel include Extraction, The Raid 2, John Wick: Chapter 4, and The Night Comes for Us.
- How long is Extraction 2?
- Extraction 2 runs 122 minutes.
- Where can I watch Extraction 2?
- In United States, Extraction 2 streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
