Extraction 2, the sequel to one of the most successful Netflix original movie from the streamer, dropped today on Netflix starring Chris Hemsworth, once again playing Tyler Rake.

However, at the end of the last movie, we thought Tyler Rake might have died. At the beginning of this movie, we see how close he actually came. Pulled out of the river, Tyler was operated on in a desperate attempt to save his life.

Tyler came out of the operations injured and weakened, destined for retirement. When Idris Elba came to see him with a mission request, Tyler found the boring and low-intensity life he had been living went out the window.

Extraction 2 elevated the action of the previous movie to a remarkable level in the sequel. Chris Hemsworth is a wonderful lead character, right at home with the fighting and gunfire. Although I have to say that during one fight when Hemsworth reached for a nearby hammer on the ground, I got excited.

The action of this movie was brilliantly conceived and executed. The first scene of Tyler Rake going into the prison where the family he was trying to extract was amazingly shot. It looked like a constant one-shot, though it was not. It got to be fun as I was looking for the hidden cuts during the scene. It was flawlessly edited together to make an anxiety-ridden scene.

There were three main action set pieces of Extraction 2 and they were all different enough to keep them fresh. Director Sam Hargrave sets up the action with some excellent shots and creative ways to highlight the gunfire that can become repetitive.

The film also tosses some emotional moments, especially when dealing with Tyler Rake’s son and the family that he was hired to rescue.

Other actors in the film included Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Tornike Gogrichiani, Andro Japaridze, Olga Kurylenko and Idris Elba.

I had a lot of fun watching this movie. Chris Hemsworth does a great job with what his character is supposed to do and the action is extremely well shot and outlined. It’s a great streaming film.

4 stars