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Extraction: A disappointment for Bangladeshi fans
Hemsworth's character 'Tyler Rake' plays a mercenary in the film. His usual charms and action prowess makes him the only reason to watch this dud actioner, if there is any...
Chris Hemsworth as the mercenary Tyler Rake in 'Extraction.'
Actor Chris Hemsworth is a shorthand for 'God of Thunder' to Marvel fans. When he unites with Russo Brothers for the action flick "Extraction," that too set in our very own Dhaka, it becomes a must-watch affair, except it didn't deserve all the fanfare prior to its release (we will get into it shortly).
Hemsworth's character 'Tyler Rake' plays a mercenary in the film. His usual charms and action prowess makes him the only reason to watch this dud actioner, if there's any. The film was partly shot in Dhaka. But with the help of CGI and set building, Tyler hurls through the alleys of Old Dhaka and beyond till his last scene.
Sam Hargrave, the director of the film, is originally a stunt coordinator. He was the body double for Captain America in the Avengers films. Hargrave's first shot at filmmaking is flawed. But his devotion to make "Extraction" a wham bam action flick is passable.
In the opening scene, we see drone shots over Buriganga, with both sides of the river in horizon. Hargrave himself came to Dhaka to shoot those montages. His efforts made Dhaka look like that of a slum, not a megacity. When Tyler Rake speaks in Bangla saying: Proman Dao! (Give me proof), it gives momentary fan service to Bangladeshis, but that alone was not enough to save the sinking ship called "Extraction."
The plot goes something like this: Biggest drug lord in Bangladesh kidnaps the teenage son of the biggest drug lord in India. To rescue his son, the Indian criminal (Pankaj Tripathi) assembles a team to extract his son 'Ovi Mahajan (Rudhraksh Jaiswal). Tyler Rake is brought on board to carry out the mission. But like many rescue films, this one follows a tried and tested trope. Tyler Rake and his friends are played by a third party, making the extraction plan (almost) futile.
Our capital city Dhaka is the backdrop of the film. The plot suggests most of the rescue scenes take place in Old Dhaka, but the film changes geography for the sake of the plot (or plot holes). A bridge called "Sultana Kamal Bridge" over the Buriganga works as a passage between the border of India and Bangladesh. Who would have thought Dhaka is so close to our neighbour India? Now that is some 'Fast and Furious' level logic.
An action film does not require to make sense if the audience finds it watchable. But in Extraction, Tyler Rake is a gun toting violent man, who also cares about Ovi's safety. A dash of heart sure made Tyler Humane. But when he opens fire to kill hundreds of men, who appear to be uniformed as Bangladeshi police and Army, the Bangladeshi inside you might feel dumbfounded. Even offended. Why would Tyler kill members of elite forces when he lost the one thing that made him take this contract: money?
Shooting a Hollywood film in Dhaka can be a deal breaker, considering the population and lack of amenities for a shooting unit. It is understandable why they chose Ahmedabad and Bangkok as the locations to ditto Dhaka. But it was ludicrous to see Bollywood numbers such as 'Ek ladki ko dekha toh aisa laga' blaring off as Tyler pulls off an intense fight scene in Dhaka. Would it hurt to borrow some soundtracks from Dhallywood?
Randeep Hooda, the Indian actor, plays an equally fierce man of action that of Tyler's. Other characters in the film are forgettable. Even the Bangla speaking actors are not particularly enjoyable to watch. Mostly for their accent that sounds anything but Bangladeshi.
In broad strokes, you can watch "Extraction" for a fair share of laughter, not for the movie it was promised to be. David Harbour, the actor who rose to prominence for his role in "Stranger Things," listens to Bangla hip-hop while driving a car. That might be the single most hilarious thing for a Bangladeshi.
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COMMENTS
Like · Reply · 1 · 12h
Tanzima Tania
1st of all, i had been waiting to see hammer boy. He really disappointed me as i am huge fan of him.
2nd. How could he do this kind of sitty film without having any Kahini.
3rd. Who are those people who was telling bangali they are not original Bangali.
3. In Dhaka Bangladesh there is no Hasina Paribahan. In this film they gave fake information about Bangladesh.
4. Most disappointed fake movie
5. @Chriss, pls dont do the next part of this sitty movi. You will be disappointed.
Like · Reply · 4 · 14h
Navid Rashid
Agree with a couple of things you said but not all of it.
Agree that the plot wasn't anything special and they portray the mercenary Tyler as a "hero" despite his killing of 100s of police and army for a druglord's kid. Plus the hindi songs blaring in the Old Dhaka households, that's just inaccurate (along with the Calcacian accents of the goons). If they really cared about what Bangladeshis would receive the movie, they could've at least hired some local actors for the film.
However, let's not pretend that Dhaka is a paradise full of honey and milk and everything nice. Would you have them s…See More
Like · Reply · 3 · 1d
Shaon Hossain
Shame to Netflix and Extraction team.
Like · Reply · 2 · 1d
Enayet Karim
Is this a movie? There is no story. Do our Dhaka look so dirty? Unrealistic story. Army and RAB never gets involved in such stupid things. Bangladesh army RAB or police are not so week that they fail to handle the situation. Don't you think that this story amounts to undermining my beautiful country and our great forces. This is funny. How could the director or others think of bringing in whole of our forces to get that boy. This is humiliation and needs to be addressed. Cultural ministry should come forward and undertake action to take down the movie from netflix server. And funniest of all is that shit of a helicopter flying in from India to Dhaka without being detected by radars.....totally impossible and absurd.
Like · Reply · 4 · 1d
Enayet Karim
This is shit of a movie
Like · Reply · 1d
Fazlerabbi Ghillie
It was not stated in the movie that Sultana Kamal Bridge is the passage between India Bangladesh border. What was actually shown that the bad guys were securing the bridges to keep them conatined.
Like · Reply · 1 · 1d
Azmayen Inkiad Khan
I know this is just a movie but definitely Bangladeshi society is not like this at all. I am triggered because it’s an international movie. So question might arise that are we this messed up ? No . I have been living in Bangladesh (Dhaka) for 19 years and never have I ever heard any rumours or seen, school boy/girl or unemployed teenagers Carrying gun. They portrait it wrong in this movie.Yes! we are listed as developing countries that is true. Furthermore marvellous movie,
Chris Hemsworth too good man
Like · Reply · 1 · 1d
Moniruzzaman Fca
It was very ridiculous to see the dress of Bangladeshi police.
Like · Reply · 2 · 2d
Ehatasham Kabir Shantal
By adding a couple of item numbers and removing randeep, pankaj and cris, this would easily be a “B” grade bangla movie whose story writers were not paid enough.
Like · Reply · 8 · 2d
Switzerland !!
I am sure Bangladeshis are singing 'Meri Manzil Bata hai kaha', while they are riding on top of cargo trucks on the way to India...
Hemsworth's character 'Tyler Rake' plays a mercenary in the film. His usual charms and action prowess makes him the only reason to watch this dud actioner, if there is any...
Chris Hemsworth as the mercenary Tyler Rake in 'Extraction.'
Actor Chris Hemsworth is a shorthand for 'God of Thunder' to Marvel fans. When he unites with Russo Brothers for the action flick "Extraction," that too set in our very own Dhaka, it becomes a must-watch affair, except it didn't deserve all the fanfare prior to its release (we will get into it shortly).
Hemsworth's character 'Tyler Rake' plays a mercenary in the film. His usual charms and action prowess makes him the only reason to watch this dud actioner, if there's any. The film was partly shot in Dhaka. But with the help of CGI and set building, Tyler hurls through the alleys of Old Dhaka and beyond till his last scene.
Sam Hargrave, the director of the film, is originally a stunt coordinator. He was the body double for Captain America in the Avengers films. Hargrave's first shot at filmmaking is flawed. But his devotion to make "Extraction" a wham bam action flick is passable.
In the opening scene, we see drone shots over Buriganga, with both sides of the river in horizon. Hargrave himself came to Dhaka to shoot those montages. His efforts made Dhaka look like that of a slum, not a megacity. When Tyler Rake speaks in Bangla saying: Proman Dao! (Give me proof), it gives momentary fan service to Bangladeshis, but that alone was not enough to save the sinking ship called "Extraction."
The plot goes something like this: Biggest drug lord in Bangladesh kidnaps the teenage son of the biggest drug lord in India. To rescue his son, the Indian criminal (Pankaj Tripathi) assembles a team to extract his son 'Ovi Mahajan (Rudhraksh Jaiswal). Tyler Rake is brought on board to carry out the mission. But like many rescue films, this one follows a tried and tested trope. Tyler Rake and his friends are played by a third party, making the extraction plan (almost) futile.
Our capital city Dhaka is the backdrop of the film. The plot suggests most of the rescue scenes take place in Old Dhaka, but the film changes geography for the sake of the plot (or plot holes). A bridge called "Sultana Kamal Bridge" over the Buriganga works as a passage between the border of India and Bangladesh. Who would have thought Dhaka is so close to our neighbour India? Now that is some 'Fast and Furious' level logic.
An action film does not require to make sense if the audience finds it watchable. But in Extraction, Tyler Rake is a gun toting violent man, who also cares about Ovi's safety. A dash of heart sure made Tyler Humane. But when he opens fire to kill hundreds of men, who appear to be uniformed as Bangladeshi police and Army, the Bangladeshi inside you might feel dumbfounded. Even offended. Why would Tyler kill members of elite forces when he lost the one thing that made him take this contract: money?
Shooting a Hollywood film in Dhaka can be a deal breaker, considering the population and lack of amenities for a shooting unit. It is understandable why they chose Ahmedabad and Bangkok as the locations to ditto Dhaka. But it was ludicrous to see Bollywood numbers such as 'Ek ladki ko dekha toh aisa laga' blaring off as Tyler pulls off an intense fight scene in Dhaka. Would it hurt to borrow some soundtracks from Dhallywood?
Randeep Hooda, the Indian actor, plays an equally fierce man of action that of Tyler's. Other characters in the film are forgettable. Even the Bangla speaking actors are not particularly enjoyable to watch. Mostly for their accent that sounds anything but Bangladeshi.
In broad strokes, you can watch "Extraction" for a fair share of laughter, not for the movie it was promised to be. David Harbour, the actor who rose to prominence for his role in "Stranger Things," listens to Bangla hip-hop while driving a car. That might be the single most hilarious thing for a Bangladeshi.
RELATED TOPICS
Glitz / Top News
Extraction / Movie / Review
COMMENTS
Like · Reply · 1 · 12h
Tanzima Tania
1st of all, i had been waiting to see hammer boy. He really disappointed me as i am huge fan of him.
2nd. How could he do this kind of sitty film without having any Kahini.
3rd. Who are those people who was telling bangali they are not original Bangali.
3. In Dhaka Bangladesh there is no Hasina Paribahan. In this film they gave fake information about Bangladesh.
4. Most disappointed fake movie
5. @Chriss, pls dont do the next part of this sitty movi. You will be disappointed.
Like · Reply · 4 · 14h
Navid Rashid
Agree with a couple of things you said but not all of it.
Agree that the plot wasn't anything special and they portray the mercenary Tyler as a "hero" despite his killing of 100s of police and army for a druglord's kid. Plus the hindi songs blaring in the Old Dhaka households, that's just inaccurate (along with the Calcacian accents of the goons). If they really cared about what Bangladeshis would receive the movie, they could've at least hired some local actors for the film.
However, let's not pretend that Dhaka is a paradise full of honey and milk and everything nice. Would you have them s…See More
Like · Reply · 3 · 1d
Shaon Hossain
Shame to Netflix and Extraction team.
Like · Reply · 2 · 1d
Enayet Karim
Is this a movie? There is no story. Do our Dhaka look so dirty? Unrealistic story. Army and RAB never gets involved in such stupid things. Bangladesh army RAB or police are not so week that they fail to handle the situation. Don't you think that this story amounts to undermining my beautiful country and our great forces. This is funny. How could the director or others think of bringing in whole of our forces to get that boy. This is humiliation and needs to be addressed. Cultural ministry should come forward and undertake action to take down the movie from netflix server. And funniest of all is that shit of a helicopter flying in from India to Dhaka without being detected by radars.....totally impossible and absurd.
Like · Reply · 4 · 1d
Enayet Karim
This is shit of a movie
Like · Reply · 1d
Fazlerabbi Ghillie
It was not stated in the movie that Sultana Kamal Bridge is the passage between India Bangladesh border. What was actually shown that the bad guys were securing the bridges to keep them conatined.
Like · Reply · 1 · 1d
Azmayen Inkiad Khan
I know this is just a movie but definitely Bangladeshi society is not like this at all. I am triggered because it’s an international movie. So question might arise that are we this messed up ? No . I have been living in Bangladesh (Dhaka) for 19 years and never have I ever heard any rumours or seen, school boy/girl or unemployed teenagers Carrying gun. They portrait it wrong in this movie.Yes! we are listed as developing countries that is true. Furthermore marvellous movie,
Chris Hemsworth too good man
Like · Reply · 1 · 1d
Moniruzzaman Fca
It was very ridiculous to see the dress of Bangladeshi police.
Like · Reply · 2 · 2d
Ehatasham Kabir Shantal
By adding a couple of item numbers and removing randeep, pankaj and cris, this would easily be a “B” grade bangla movie whose story writers were not paid enough.
Like · Reply · 8 · 2d
Interesting for you to state that given all the filming was done in India and those are Indian neighborhoods. Also, let's get a tally on what is "so many"? How many millions out of a nation of 170million are flocking over to South Asia's Switzerland i.e. India.
Switzerland !!
I am sure Bangladeshis are singing 'Meri Manzil Bata hai kaha', while they are riding on top of cargo trucks on the way to India...
