--- title: "Netflix’s wildly popular action shoot-em-up ‘Extraction’ is getting a sequel" description: "Just weeks after 'Extraction' blew audiences — and a ton of armed bad guys — away, Netflix's hybrid action-escape shoot-em-up is already locked in for a sequel" date: "2020-05-07" modified: "2020-05-07" authors: - name: "James Clark" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/james-clark/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/extraction-sequel-confirmed-netflix/" categories: - "Culture" - "Entertainment" --- # Netflix’s wildly popular action shoot-em-up ‘Extraction’ is getting a sequel ![]() Just weeks after *Extraction* blew audiences — and a ton of armed bad guys — away, Netflix's hybrid action-escape shoot-em-up is already locked in for a sequel. *Extraction* debuted on the streaming service April 24 and stars [Chris Hemsworth]() as Tyler Rake, a mercenary who specializes in suicidal rescue missions. For those who haven't seen the movie yet, here's a quick synopsis: Rake is charged with rescuing Ovi Mahajan ([Rudhraksh Jaiswal]()), the kidnapped son of an imprisoned Indian drug lord who was taken hostage by a rival crime boss. Unsurprisingly, their plan goes to shit, and Rake, with Ovi in tow, is forced to take on an army of guns-for-hire in a desperate attempt to escape a locked-down city. In terms of style and plot, [*Extraction* plays like a mash-up]() of the popular first person shooter, *Call of Duty Modern Warfare: Warzone* and the 2003 military action flick *The Tears of the Sun.* And on May 4, [Deadline confirmed]() that *Extraction* screenwriter, Joe Russo, had secured a deal for a sequel. “The deal is closed for me to write *Extraction 2*, and we are in the formative stages of what the story can be,” Russo said [in an exclusive interview with Deadline](). “We’re not committing yet to whether that story goes forward, or backward in time. We left a big loose ending that leaves question marks for the audience.” It's unclear at this time if *Extraction* director Sam Hargrave will return and if he'll be joined by Hemsworth, though the latter indicated he was open to it: "You've made it the number one film on the planet right now," Hemsworth said in a May 3 Instagram post. "We are blown away by the response and the support. There's been a lot of talk about sequels and prequels and all sorts of things. All I can say is, 'Who knows?' But with this kind of support it's something I'd be stoked to jump back into." When *Extraction 2* does come out — no projected release date has been announced yet — fans of the first installment can take heart that Hargrave's involvement will bring back all the hyper-stylized violence, frenetic action, world-building, and some surprising character development, that made the first movie a hit. ## Author James Clark is the editor-in-chief of Task & Purpose. He is a former Marine and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [LinkedIn]()