Review: Hemsworth finds a worthy action pic in ‘Extraction’

Tyler Rake sounds like a Mad-Libs action hero name. That’s why it’s somewhat surprising that the film built around that wonderfully silly name, “ Extraction,” is entirely sincere and also pretty fun. “Extraction,” on Netflix Friday, is a straightforward shoot-em-up about a jaded mercenary, Mr. Rake, played by Chris Hemsworth, who’s hired to save the 14-year-old son of a drug lord from another drug lord in Bangladesh. The graphic novel origins help explain “Tyler Rake,” but that name is about the extent of the comic book elements in the actual film. And, to be fair, “Extraction” even knows it’s ridiculous, hence the rake and the fact that the 14-year-old asset Ovi walks up to the line of making fun of it at one point.