Unfortunately, that meant all the actors had to pretend they were shooting real guns, without any of the kickback or weight that comes with handling an actual prop weapon. Ultimately the location won out, allowing Hargrave and his crew to shoot in the crowded streets of Ahmedabad, which added a level of realism that would otherwise be almost impossible to recreate.

And the location gave us so much visually, it was so important to be there and to see that space and to move through it that we're like, well, either we go somewhere else where we can have the guns, or we just make do with the rubber ones.' Sam Hargrave spoke to Coming Soon in April 2020, where he explained how he was legally unable to bring guns, even prop guns, into India. That included what might be the best part of the feature's 156 minutes: a 12-minute one-take shot that followed Hemsworth's Tyler Rake as he battled his way through the streets of Ahmedabad, India (standing in for Dhaka, Bangladesh) as he tried to pull off the titular extraction.Īnd while some of the 'hidden' cuts are actually fairly obvious and somewhat take you out of the action, what I hadn't noticed at all was that all the firearms used in the 'oner' were actually rubber. Hargrave was in top shape for the filming, and got about as hands-on as you can get while shooting, putting himself in the center of the action by taking over camera op duties on many of the film's most outlandish action scenes. And while the 'Avengers: Endgame' co-director added what he no doubt saw as significant emotional depth to his 'Extraction' script, the movie was a pretty run-of-the-mill actioner that relied more on fancy camera work and well-crafted stunts than anything else.ĭirected by Sam Hargrave, himself a stunt coordinator and performer, 'Extraction' wasn't quite as bland as some of the other offerings the Russo brothers have been involved in since their 'Avengers' tenure. Joe Russo's tale of a black ops mercenary hired to free the kidnapped son of an Indian drug lord apparently struck quite a chord back in 2020, becoming Netflix's most popular original movie.

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