Extraction Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

1. It's A Little Light On Story

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In terms of action, Extraction ticks all the boxes and we'll get to that shortly, but there are times that it does feel like it's a little light on story.

Maybe it's the thinly-written backstories for some of the characters, or it's just the first quarter's lack of dialogue, but for some reason, you do find yourself wondering what's going on in the beginning - or, perhaps more importantly, why it's going on.

Though not a killing blow, it does let it down on occasion and even makes the first act a little hard to follow (wait, who's hunting who?).

Now, for the positives...

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Michael Patterson is an experienced writer with an affinity for all things film and TV. He may or may not have spent his childhood obsessing over WWE.