Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- paranoid
- oppressive
- tense
- late night thriller viewing
- crime movie marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Alejandro is forced to cooperate with intelligence services to avoid punishment for a serious error committed as a commercial pilot.
The plot turns on Alejandro’s job, impending retirement, and the consequences of a grave workplace fault.
Alejandro is drawn into an underworld of intrigue and extortion through collaboration with his country’s intelligence services.
Commercial aviation provides the professional setting from which Alejandro is pulled into covert intrigue and life-threatening extortion.
Films like The Extortion, and why
The Insider
shared crime thriller framework, institutional corruption, and a pressured protagonist caught in a coercive conspiracy
Flight
shared aviation setting, escalating danger, and a protagonist trapped by powerful institutions
The Parallax View
shared paranoid thriller atmosphere, government intrigue, and moral compromise under coercion
Movie Details
- Director
- Martino Zaidelis
- Release Date
- 2023-04-06
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (160)
Cast
- Guillermo Francella
- Pablo Rago
- Andrea Frigerio
- Carlos Portaluppi
- Alberto Ajaka
- Guillermo Arengo
- Mónica Villa
- Juan Carlos Lo Sasso
- Ruben Cirocco
- Zulema Galperín
Common questions
- What is The Extortion about?
- A veteran pilot’s concealed professional mistake makes him the unwilling pawn of intelligence agents and extortionists.
- What is The Extortion like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Extortion as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Extortion violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Extortion as mild.
- Which films are like The Extortion?
- Films with a similar feel include The Insider, Flight, and The Parallax View.
- How long is The Extortion?
- The Extortion runs 105 minutes.
