Chris Hemsworth, Joe Russo dissect Extraction’s ambiguous ending: ‘Is Tyler Rake a ghost?’

Extraction star Chris Hemsworth, writer and co-producer Joe Russo, and director Sam Hargrave discussed the possibility of a follow-up to the film, which debuted to record-breaking numbers on Netflix on April 24. During a recent watch party organised by IGN, Russo commented on the film’s ambiguous ending, which sees hero Tyler Rake being shot in the neck, yet seemingly make one quick appearance in the film’s final shot. That creates tension as you’re watching the film because you know where it’s going.” He continued, “What we love about that ending is, you can interpret it any way you want to, which is really, for us, it represents hope for the boy that he’s gonna have a future, you know, that that is the ghost of Rake that’s looking over him - it’s really what it means to him at the end of the movie more so than what it means to the audience. And there’s nothing wrong with ambiguous endings, in fact, they can be quite entertaining and incite a lot of conversation which I always think is the value of a public medium like filmmaking, is that everyone can argue about it and discuss it ad nauseam - but unless there’s a prequel or a sequel, that question won’t be answered.” About watching himself die on screen, Hemsworth said, “It’s a weird thing, I’ve got to say. Watching yourself, in general, can be a little abrasive, but when it’s done right and there’s music and all those sorts of things, it’s a little easier to get lost in it.” Netflix recently revealed that Extraction is on its way to becoming the biggest original film debut of all time on the service, with an estimated 90 million households tuning in in the first month.