Netflix’s latest original feature, starring Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, alongside Bollywood sensation Randeep Hooda, is about as high-octane a thriller as any action fan could hope for. Through all the captivating action sequences and frenetic fight scenes, Extraction actually manages to tell a pretty complex story with an ambiguous ending that has fans abuzz with theories.
Extraction follows protagonist Tyler Rake, a former member of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment now working as an off-the-books mercenary. At the film’s outset, he’s engaged by fellow killer-for-hire Nik Khan to rescue the son of India’s leading drug kingpin, who is currently being held for an exorbitant ransom by rival Bangladeshi drug lord Amir Asif.
A hiccup during Rake’s attempted “extraction” of his target brings down the wrath of Saju, another former special operative currently in the employ of the Bangladeshi drug lord. Rake and Saju engage in a complex game of cat and mouse…
But they ultimately end up working together to outwit the authorities on their tails.
As far as action-thriller set-ups go, it’s about as compelling as they come, but viewers hoping for a clear-cut resolution that sees charismatic anti-hero Rake victoriously walking away from an explosion in slow motion were left with a real head scratcher. Let’s break Extraction’s ambiguous ending down with a little help from the film’s director, Sam Hargrave.
At the beginning of the film, shark-eyed mercenary Tyler Rake has an obvious death wish. His ambivalence toward his own continued survival is a big part of what makes him such a deadly merc. We learn that much of Rake’s nihilism stems from the death of his son, a loss that still haunts him.
It’s his relationship with Ovi, his target for extraction, that ultimately saves Rake from himself. As Rake begins to form a bond with Ovi, he no longer sees the drug heir as a simple job, but rather a kid whose life has become more important than his own.
By the time the film reaches its climactic shootout on the bridge, Rake takes a mortal wound to ensure Ovi’s safe escape. This emotional beat lands because we actually believe that Rake no longer wants to die, but has chosen to give up his life to save Ovi’s. So Rake gets to go to his grave feeling like he redeemed his soul, while Ovi lives to fight another day. Satisfying ending, right?
Not so fast.
After Ovi’s daring escape, the film presents a very unexpected coda. In the final moments of Extraction, Ovi jumps into a peaceful swimming pool, a mirror image of Rake’s first scene jumping off a cliff. When he comes up for air, he sees a blurry figure standing in the background who bears a striking resemblance to Rake, but the film ends before we get any actual confirmation. So, what gives?
As it turns out, Extraction’s final moments were left open to interpretation by design. Hargrave weighed in on the mystery surrounding this final scene. He told Collider:
“We had a version of the movie, and we tested it a lot, and it was not surprising that a lot of people wanted the character to live, and some people wanted him to die…If people on one hand feel like the story is complete and is a story of redemption through sacrifice, then for them, it’ll be where the kid is imagining [Rake standing there], and then now you go, ‘Yes, I’m satisfied.'”
Hargrave went on to explain, quote, “If you feel like you love Tyler Rake, and you love Chris Hemsworth, and you want a sequel, and you’re like ‘There’s no way, you can’t kill him!’ then that’s Tyler Rake standing there looking at you. So we kind of purposefully did not pull focus to the character standing there.”
For fans looking for a little more closure, Hargrave shared that the original screenplay for Extraction included a much more definitive ending. In screenwriter Joe Russo’s intended story, Tyler Rake very explicitly dies on the bridge, completing the character arc he started when he dove off that cliff in the initial scene. Hargrave told Collider that the test audiences weren’t crazy about the sacrifice, however.
He dished:
“People were torn; it was almost down the middle. We want to appeal to as many people as possible without compromising the integrity of the story. And so, we think a pretty good compromise is to make an ambiguous ending.”
Hargrave ultimately admitted that he prefers to imagine that Rake is dead by the film’s conclusion, claiming that he felt as though Rake had redeemed himself through sacrifice. For fans in desperate need of finality, that’s probably the best you’re going to get. The rest of us will have to learn to live with the ambiguity, at least until we get an Extraction 2. Watch the video to have Extraction’s Ending Flawlessly Explained!
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Stupid ending
Zzzzz, oh look another John Wick gun range movie.
Our man is not dead yet…. " You drown not by falling into a river but by staying submerged in it"
Is the movie good ???
Many people are saying it's bad??
If they were to do a sequel it wouldn’t even need Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake. If they wanted him to be dead at the end of the movie they could do a 20 years later or something were Ovi grows up and joins the army as well and gets assigned to his own extraction from which he uses things he learned from Tyler.
@00:47 Saju Rav is employed by Ovi Mahajan Sr., the incarcerated Indian crime lord, and father of Ovi, who has been jailed. He is not working for Amir Asif, the Bangladeshi crime lord who kidnapped Ovi.
Can't you even get the story right and I am only 46 seconds into your video!
Thought it was a fantastic film, a credit to the actors and Netflix
The person who did this video clearly didn't watch the movie
Tyler still be alive for John Wick Chapter 4 😂
You were wrong in the start only, you said Saju was currently employee of Bangladesh Drug lord which was wrong, he worked for Ovi's father, seems you need to revisit this movie as there is no point you guys are gonna get anything right.
I think it’s his father standing there
Awful. A simply awful film. Looked more line a stupid video game than a film.
i dont mind rake dying but if he is gonna die,pls let it not be at the hands of a hormonal teenager
I’d of been good either way, sacrifice or still alive! But he’s still alive, illustrated by Ovi sitting at the bottom of the pool! The only person that calls back to is Tyler! New lease on life and they’re already talking sequels!
I wouldn't say the story was complex..
he died….
he took a shot to his carotid artery…that's a fatal wound..it takes a miracle and a surgeon with hands of a demi God to survive that
not to mention the other shots he took..
not to mention falling into the river..
Damn my boy Randeep got shot. They should have kept him alive. Or do a story on him and his past
He didn't deserve to die, so for me he didn't
I thought the kid drowned himself when he jump onto the pool and resurface.. I was thinking if that were the case that the kid is one effin ungrateful bast*rd.
you are wrong
saju was hired by indian drug lord Ovi
you didn't get the movie
watch again
River probably was too bad. Rake ended up fighting to stay afloat and somehow ended up ashore and a desi got him took care of him till he regained full strength.
The blonde guy in the backyard at the end sure looks like he lives.
So no ones gonna talk about the kid that shot tyler on the neck. He's freed too from bangladesh drugload but also i want him to die lol
Flick surprised me.. blowing up stuff. Shooting an car chase scene
Idk if I’m weird or some but I though nik was bad🥵
Yep,untill its sequel time haha.
A prequel will b amazing