What a rush. What a thrill. What poetic violence.

After movies like this, "6 Underground," "Ronin," and others, can we please have more movies set in foreign countries? Let's break away from the monotony of New York, L.A., and Chicago and go international: Mumbai, Tokyo, Lagos.

The premise of the movie is simple and it's all in the title. A skilled mercenary named Tyler (Chris Hemsworth) has been contracted to extract a drug dealer's kidnapped son. It's pretty much a suicide mission, but Tyler didn't need even the slightest coaxing to take the job. He didn't even ask the price. Some odd hours later he's in Bangladesh, kid in tow, shooting his way out of a sticky situation.

This ballsy grimy film took you through the muck in style. The camera angles and continuous action shots were fresh as it followed Tyler from one point to the next while he shot and fought John Wick style to his extraction point. "Extraction" was raw at times, shocking at other times, and even moving at times. It's a no frills visceral form of action that keeps you at the edge of your seat and constantly engaged. Ooooh! give me more.

Extraction is similar to Denzel Washington's Man of Fire. Here Chris Hemsworth reduces the population of Dhaka in Bangladesh instead of Mexico.

Chris Hemsworth plays Tyler Rake. An Australian mercenary with a tragic backstory who accepts a mission to rescue Ovi Mahajan. He is the son of a Mumbai drug kingpin who is in jail.

The kidnapping was arranged by a Bengali drug kingpin Amir Asif. He has the police and army in Dhaka in his pocket.

Saju is an ex forces operator who was hired to protect Ovi by his father. He brought in Rake and his team for the extraction but then does not pay them. Instead double crossing them and Saju plans to bring the boy back to India.

Tyler finds himself alone with Ovi and fighting off Saju and Amir's men.

Extraction is an high octane action movie from Sam Hargrave, a stuntman and stunt action coordinator turned director. He was the second unit director for Avengers: Endgame.

Hargrave places heavy reliance on action sequences which in some ways reminiscent of the John Wick films. It also has the kind of video game violence that director David Ayer is known for in films such as Fury and End of Watch.

It is not the most original of stories but it is a fine enough action film. The setting of India and Bangladesh does give it a different spin.

I've been watching all of the Netflix-produced action movies for a number of years now and have generally enjoyed all of them, particularly the run of movies starring Noomi Rapace that they released. I'm pleased to say that EXTRACTION is their biggest and best one yet, a large budget slice of action spectacle with an excellent setting in Dhaka. The Bangladeshi city is brought to life the same way that Morocco was in the third BOURNE film, with all the bustle and sights and sounds.

Chris Hemsworth, always the most charismatic of the AVENGERS, is a great choice for the taciturn lead and he really throws himself into the brawling, bruising action scenes. The story is nothing special, we've seen it done a million times before, but the direction is fresh and vibrant and the action choreography is excellent. The two highlights are the lengthy chase sequence at the mid point, which utilises all kinds of heavy camera work, camera tricks, and stunt doubles to truly convince, and of course the immersive bridge spectacle at the climax. What a delight to see America finally catching up with the likes of China's WOLF WARRIOR 2 in terms of films featuring lavish, wide-scale thrills and spills.