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Chris Hemsworth stars as a black market mercenary in new Netflix action film
By Flora / 20 Feb 2020 (Thursday)
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Chris Hemsworth is widely known as the God of Thunder, Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While he is not busy saving the earth as a superhero armed with a magical hammer, he can be seen saving more humans even as a mortal in the new Netflix film ‘Extraction’.
Produced by Hemsworth himself, alongside Marvel directors Joe and Anthony Russo, Hemsworth stars as a fearless black market mercenary Tayler Rake who is tasked to rescue the kidnapped son (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) of an imprisoned international crime lord. The deadly mission approaches the impossible as the underworld filled with weapons and drug traffickers.
The action-packed film was filmed in India and Thailand and marks the directorial debut of Sam Hargrave who previously served as a stunt coordinator and second unit director on Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
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Synopsis
Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is a fearless black market mercenary with nothing left to lose when his skills are solicited to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. But in the murky underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, an already deadly mission approaches the impossible, forever altering the lives of Rake and the boy. An action-packed, edge-of-your-seat thriller directed by Sam Hargrave, EXTRACTION is an AGBO Films and TGIM Films, Inc. production, produced by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Chris Hemsworth, Eric Gitter, and Peter Schwerin.
Extraction also stars Randeep Hooda, Golshifteh Farahani, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Painyuli, and David Harbour and streams from Netflix April 24, 2020.