Extraction 2 Director Sam Hargrave Extended Interview: The 21-Minute Oner and Crafting the Action

From coordinating the stunts on the Russo Brothers’ Marvel projects, former stuntman Sam Hargrave returns to the action behind the camera as director for his sequel, Extraction 2. Starring Chris Hemsworth as Australian mercenary, Tyler Rake, and adapted by Joe Russo, these movies pack a punch that benefit from the trained eye of someone who has been at the center of that kind of action. With the sequel now streaming on Netflix, Hargrave spoke at length with Collider’s Steve Weintraub about this “dream come true” opportunity, and broke down everything that goes into the epic action set pieces and finding the story at the core of Rake’s franchise.

Extraction 2 brings our hero, Tyler Rake, back from the dead, and takes him to an icy seclusion where he sets to work retraining his body and mind after the events of the first movie. This time, Tyler is put on a new assignment, one he was specifically requested for, and it’s hinted that the woman he’s fighting his way through Georgian gangsters to save has a history with him. The movie also features Olga Kurylenko, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, and Daniel Bernhardt.

In this spoiler-free interview, which you can watch or read below, Hargrave tells Weintraub that “the DNA of Extraction is definitely to do as much practically as possible,” which means landing helicopters on trains, filming in long-forgotten tunnels, and fighting off a prison yard full of guards while on fire for a mind-boggling 21-minute oner. These insane set pieces require “an amazing feat of filmmaking” that Hargrave digs into, from the emergency precautions to the skilled cast and crew who take Russo and Hargrave’s vision and execute it precisely. He discusses the collaboration with Joe Russo on what makes it into the films, how the story will unfold, and why Hemsworth stands apart from other action heroes. They talk about deleted scenes, how and why the movie changed in the edit, where Extraction 3 could take place, and most importantly, who would win in a fight, Tyler Rake or Keanu Reeves’ John Wick?

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