Extraction 2

It plays better than it reviews — the watch lands harder than the write-ups suggest.

• “Hargrave, a stuntman turned director, knows where to put his camera for maximum impact, and genuinely disturbing foley work showcases sounds of crunching bones and splattering blood. You feel every punch land.”

  Helen O'Hara, Empire · 80

• “Occasionally, the dizzying filmmaking style, a mix of practical stunt work and invisible VFX, feels like a video-game cutscene. More often, it just sucks the air from your lungs. The ending gestures pretty firmly at another sequel to come. It’ll have a tough job upping the ante on this.”

  Phil de Semlyen, Time Out · 80

• “The sum total is superior in every way to what he dished out last time. With a third one openly teased at the end, the fog has lifted: Hemsworth has landed on his Bourne, and this is his Supremacy.”

  Tim Robey, The Telegraph · 80

• “The sequel is even more enjoyable than the first, with action sequences that are as good or better than anything you’ll see at the theater.”

  Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle · 75

• “When this thing moves — and, wow, does it ever — it offers one of the best examples yet of what Netflix bucks can buy. It even makes off with upped emotion (including that engendered by shining a brighter spotlight on the wonderful Farahani and Bessa), a new dimension to the always-evolving Hemsworth, and proof that the action franchise can capture old thrills with new stories.”

  Kate Erbland, IndieWire · 75