what extraction started I was like whoa what's with all this story I'm not
watching extraction first story but then at the end of extraction I cried I did
not expect to cry while watching extraction so you got me
Sam Hargrave and Joe Russo you got me now yes this is not only produced by the
Russo brothers but Joe Russo has returned to screenwriting while Sam
Hargrave former Captain America stunt devil I feel like one of the reasons
maybe he stopped being a stunt double not only because he's upgraded to a
stunt coordinator on a couple of Marvel movies but he seems to really love this
crazy beard that he has and he obviously can't have that as cap it's a it's a ZZ
Top beard I mean it's impressive but this is his
directorial debut a very exciting very exciting also fun fact he has a small
role in the movie as a member of Chris Hemsworth's team I was like no Y example
I read all that's awesome and I have to say as a director I see a
very bright future for mr. Holgrave now you might recall that when I reacted
to the trailer for extraction I pondered if Hargrave could follow in the
footsteps of david leitch and Chad's to hell ski fellow stuntman turned
directors they had a couple of stops in between they actually have one of the
most famous stunt houses in all of Hollywood which I didn't even know about
until recently I think that's so cool I love to see the stunt industry develop
where is their Oscar category John wick 3 couldn't get an Oscar category for
stunts I don't know at least it started at least I got people to start the
conversation again anyway I think the answer is yes Sam Margrave is definitely
cut from the same cloth the action scenes here are superb and some of them
it's not wall-to-wall action like a John Wayne movie just so you know he's gay
again I was like was there so much story in here but by the end of the movie I
appreciated all the story but there are a lot there are a good amount of action
scenes I felt I got my action scenes worked and
some of them are on par I would even they're almost John wick three-level
they don't have the artistry of chad's to house key
you know you keep the chads2 house key keeps that notebook of cool ideas for
where stunt scenes could take place but samurai brave I think could get there
the scene the action sequences are very well done and just like Keanu Reeves
Chris Hemsworth delivers doing a lot of the action himself he has been he's been
doing a lot of behind the scenes videos lately and he's shown that some people
have stepped in on some of the stunts I think that's great that he makes that
known so you can see who that this is a team effort it's a collaborative effort
and that there is a skill set to being a stunt person but there's a lot of scenes
where Chris Hemsworth is doing it himself and I love a lot of close
quarters fighting that was great I really like this movie and also you know
they had a lot of times a number of combatants take on Chris Hemsworth at
once and I thought that the movie did a very good job of making it believable
that he could take them all on that's great and also using the location
to his advantage because when you're in close quarters like in India in these
settings you know you can only be attacked by so many people at once even
if you're being rushed because there's just not that much space it was really
good some good hallway fights we love a hallway fight during the action scenes I
laughed out loud several times they were so much fun to watch they were intense
vicious and very well thought out a lot of stabby stab stab I look at that
that's great I also but I also gasped jumped and a few times actually had to
look away but overall I do love to watch a
professional work and here that's a professional mercenary Chris Hemsworth's
Tyler Rick this is very good at his job even when this hits the fan and that's
courtesy of the screenwriter and again co-producer Joe Russo although Chris
Hemsworth is also a producer here good to see him getting more work for himself
that's a very good fit I do miss funny Chris Hemsworth but that didn't work out
so well men in black so I respect him continuing to change it up and see where
see where his path lies while he's still making Marvel movies he's the only one
who got a fourth I you know I'm curious to see
I think he should be a lab career outside of Marvel and I think this is a
great step in that direction but I went back to the screenwriting so Joe Russa
he comes up with a very nice setup I mean again it's like there's a formula
to this type of movie and I think that Joe Russo does that he executes the
formula but with enough additions that it seems fresh and interesting you know
I mean a lot of movies are the same there are a lot in it but it's the
people making its job and you know casting actors that you know you like to
see that you know make it work make it worth taking the journey again so from a
script perspective I thought there were some really good genuine twists that I
didn't see coming and you know and most impressive about
the script is that Russo did make me care about a number of people who do
really bad things like for instance there's one guy in the movie in
particular who what he does is so egregious I was like wow you should kill
that guy I thought I'd never be able to forgive him but goddamn it at the end of
the movie I was like you're okay buddy you're okay so the movie also has some
great life lessons including one of the best pieces of advice I ever heard I was
like oh I'm saving that putting it in the vault this is something that Obie
tells Tyler during a heart-to-heart conversation but halfway through the
movie again I was like why we stopped I don't want to sit through this
conversation and then I was like oh maybe I do I definitely do now I've
heard some people criticize this movie by saying it's another white Savior
situation and I see your point but I have a counterpoint for you so Chris
Hemsworth it's going to get a lot of people to watch this movie and it's not
whitewashing a role which was which was people's problem with exits the recent
Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton movie where Ridley Scott's excuse was well I
need people to go and see the movie well this is a situation where they wrote in
a character from Australia I think he's supposed to be an American but he's
living in Australia at the beginning the movie whatever for a white guy to be at
the heart of this story the script makes it organic and Chris Hemsworth again
does a very nice job here with both the action and the emotional elements and
yeah David Harbor does have a cameo and I was
like oh you guys are both on the MCU now so you know but it's a small cameo
is very David harboring but the entire rest of the cast is from the region they
do a great job and they have a tremendous amount of screen time so
let's talk about that so randeep hooda is Hemsworth's Indian counterpart and
does as good a job with his action scenes I liked him a lot
Iranian actress I'm trying very hard at the pronunciation here Iranian actress
Golshifteh Ferranti and it are being a really cool character did not like her
in the trailer the trailer does not do this movie any justice but I actually
really liked her so much that I cast her is the new mystique her hair her
eyebrows her eyelashes what a profile amazing she has a very dramatic look and
she would be a perfect choice for a comics accurate version of mystique
Whitley you have to watch the whole movie but at the end of the movie he'll
be like she's awesome prion shu pan you'll eat makes for a very charismatic
it's threatening crime lord i thought he did a great job with his scenes relative
newcomer rude rakesh judge jaiswal it's actually a
really great find I didn't think he popped in the trailer I was very
critical of him in the trailer but in the movie itself I thought he was great
I thought he's very likable he holds his own opposite Chris Hemsworth and the
script gives him again noise thanks to Joe Russo his character had some really
excellent moments that Jaiswal delict delivers I've survived raqami also ended
up making a very strong impression I really liked setting the film in India I
thought that was Craig and I feel that Hargrave does a very nice job using the
location to make the film again as I said stand apart from other films like
this like the beginning of the movie it's like wide-angle lens of the movie
but when your locations are that gorgeous of course you want to show them
off I appreciated it I really like movies like this this is definitely one
of the better ones for sure and again I do feel that it has action scenes on par
with John wick they aren't is artistic they're not quite as clever but and as I
said it's not nonstop action but Hargrave i think is well on his way I
think he's very good I also want to give a shout out to the camerawork the
camerawork is very good they've got tracking shots long takes
you name it there was one thing where they ran down an alley and that got into
a truck and was all along taking I'm like how'd you do that it was very cool
and some seeds really felt like a video game which I thought was done in a very
effective way that plus to the movie I thought that was great
and then Hargrave and Russo got me to cry too what a visceral roller coaster
the movie in fact has stuck with me since I watched it last night I keep
thinking about it it was cool it was a really good movie now finally I would
like to dedicate this review to someone who I think would have really enjoyed
this movie and that's BTT viewer Eddie now tragically a few weeks ago Eddie had
a massive heart attack which destroyed his brain and he was on life support and
because of the you'll notice I'm saying was now because of the current pandemic
only his immediate family was able to visit him in the hospital be there when
he was taken off of life support this week and only they will be able to go to
use funeral now you might be wondering how I know all this well I know this
because Eddie's brother Val reached out to me he wrote to me his brother and his
best friend and he wrote to me because he wanted to do something to get his
brother's memory out there but again because he's limited by the pandemic he
didn't he didn't have a lot of options so he asked if I could dedicate a video
to Eddie and of course I can Valon Eddie loved movies Eddie got Val into my
videos which I am could not be more honored about Eddie was team DC valve
team Marvel Eddie a Slytherin Val a Gryffindor Eddie I'm totally with you on
those two I'm totally I love we all love all of them but of course I lean towards
DC and so they're in and Eddie's favorite Disney movie was Coco and that
film really showed the importance of people remember remembering who was lost
and I can tell you and I feel really good I haven't spoken with Val but it's
clear that Eddie was very loved and continues to be very loved
so Eddie this video is for you and we will all remember you
you