Tag: Extraction 2
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‘Heart of Stone’ Review: Gal Gadot Fights to Escape Netflix Oblivion
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.Following movies like Red Notice, Extraction 2, and The Mother raking in millions of hours on the global streaming service since their respective debuts, Netflix is looking…
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‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Extraction 2’ Dominate Netflix Top 10 Chart
Tyler Rake is back in full force, as Netflix’s Extraction 2 dominated the top 10 film chart for the week of June 19-June 25. The recently released feature starring Chris Hemsworth has garnered 87.3 million hours viewed, with 42.2 million views total (hours viewed divided by total runtime). Meanwhile, Extraction jumped back on the chart…
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‘Extraction 2’ Wins Streaming and Boosts Netflix Originals
After three weeks of PVOD play, “John Wicker: Chapter 4”(now $5.99) returns to #1 on two of the three leading top ten charts with the lower price. Lionsgate delayed home availability for an unusual two months for this hit theatrical release, thus making an earlier than usual reduction of price unsurprising. Nor is its return…
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‘Extraction 3’ With Chris Hemsworth Coming to Netflix
Chris Hemsworth’s hit action franchise, “Extraction,” is getting a third adventure. The action star and director Sam Hargrave made the announcement at Netflix’s Tudum event on Saturday, following the June 16 premiere of “Extraction 2.”The first two films center on black ops mercenary Tyler Rake (Hemsworth). In the first film, Tyler takes on a mission…
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‘Extraction 2’ Ending Explained: An Offer Chris Hemsworth Can’t Refuse
Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Extraction 2.At the end of the first Extraction, Tyler Rake’s bloodied, shot-up body tumbles off a bridge into the waters below, with only the slightest hint that he somehow survived his epic rescue mission in a Bangladeshi city. Rake (Chris Hemsworth) did pull through, though, and now the…
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‘Extraction 2’ Review: Chris Hemsworth’s Actioner Cements Director Sam Hargraves Talents At ‘John Wick’-Like Levels
It’s no death-defying leap to state that we are currently in the middle of a blockbuster action revolution, in which former stunt performers and coordinators-turned-feature-directors have reminded us why we love explosive scenes, sharply executed fights, and over-the-top brawn. Although movie stars still help sell in these projects (often by boasting how much they do…
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Could the Best Training to Direct Movies Be Stunt Coordination?
When Netflix’s “Extraction” premiered in 2020, its elaborately constructed set pieces propelled it to become the streaming service’s most-watched original film to that point and marked director Sam Hargrave as a talent to watch. Hargrave and star Chris Hemsworth now return to the adventures of Australian black ops mercenary Tyler Rake (Hemsworth) for “Extraction 2,”…
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‘Furiosa’: Chris Hemsworth Was “Scared Out Of His Mind” & Worried He’d “Derail” The ‘Mad Max’ Saga
You can’t help but be impressed with the work ethic of actor Chris Hemsworth of late. He’s out promoting his new reality series “Limitless” along with wrapping on both “Extraction 2” and the “Mad Max” prequel film “Furiosa.” We don’t often hear about the action star being that frazzled while making his projects, but he…