Extracted
A reluctant inventor of memory-built virtual realities becomes trapped in a dangerous recursion where technology, murder, and identity converge.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- Moderate
- paranoid
- cerebral
- tense
- late night viewing
- mind bending movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film's memory-based science-fiction premise thought-provoking and refreshingly inventive, while noting that its execution does not always match its conceptual ambition.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Tom's invention builds virtual environments from human memories, making recollection the film's central storytelling mechanism.
The plot is explicitly associated with a time loop and uses repetition to complicate Tom's predicament.
Tom's virtual-reality technology and the shifting status of memory create sustained uncertainty about the characters' circumstances.
Tom reluctantly allows his technology to be used for a purpose he never imagined, driving the central conflict.
Films like Extracted, and why
The Matrix
memory-based virtual reality, recursive identity, and cerebral science fiction thriller mechanics
Primer
independent science fiction, nonlinear temporal logic, and emotionally grounded speculative mystery
eXistenZ
virtual reality, unstable perception, and escalating paranoia surrounding constructed worlds
The Thirteenth Floor
memory manipulation, technological confinement, and intimate psychological suspense
Movie Details
- Director
- Nir Paniry
- Release Date
- 2012-03-10
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (272)
Cast
- Sasha Roiz
- Jenny Mollen
- Dominic Bogart
- Richard Riehle
- Ty Simpkins
- Frank Ashmore
- Rodney Eastman
- Nick Jameson
- Brad Culver
- Sara Tomko
Common questions
- What is Extracted about?
- A reluctant inventor of memory-built virtual realities becomes trapped in a dangerous recursion where technology, murder, and identity converge.
- What is Extracted like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Extracted as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Extracted violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Extracted as moderate.
- What did critics think of Extracted?
- Critics broadly found the film's memory-based science-fiction premise thought-provoking and refreshingly inventive, while noting that its execution does not always match its conceptual ambition.
- Which films are like Extracted?
- Films with a similar feel include The Matrix, Primer, eXistenZ, and The Thirteenth Floor.
- How long is Extracted?
- Extracted runs 85 minutes.
