{"id":11424,"date":"2016-02-20T17:06:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T01:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=11424"},"modified":"2016-02-20T17:11:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T01:11:52","slug":"review-extraction-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/02\/review-extraction-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Extraction BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Extraction<\/em><\/strong> is exactly what I thought it would be and so much less. It\u2019s yet another direct-to-video (or very limited release) from Bruce Willis who is not only somehow second billed in spite of making a cameo appearance but billed behind Kellan Lutz, tells you everything you need to know.<\/p>\n

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Extraction<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action
\nLionsgate | R \u2013 83 min. \u2013 $19.99 | February 23, 2016<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 02\/20\/2016 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman
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<\/u>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Steven C. Miller
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Umair Aleem and Max Adams (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Kellan Lutz, Bruce Willis, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/u>DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Commentary, Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Interviews, Theatrical Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, English, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>22.3 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Well, just when you think Bruce Willis hit rock bottom, he continues to disappoint. Although he is billed second to Kellan Lutz (who\u2019d think that would ever happen?), this is yet another glorified cameo appearing for maybe 10-minutes, every one of which was phoned in. While Extraction<\/em><\/strong> did receive a minor theatrical release, as well as VOD courtesy of Lionsgate Premiere and had the stench of direct-to-video crap. Shame I was right.<\/p>\n

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The film opens in 2005 as covert operative Leonard Turner (BRUCE WILLIS) had been captured by a generic terrorist who wants Turner to reveal the mole within his organization and threatens Turner\u2019s family. However, Turner manages to get the upper hand swiftly killing the terrorist and his hapless goons. He then makes an urgent call to his family but not before his wife is killed while his young son, Harry, barely escapes death thanks to family friend and Leonard\u2019s colleague, Ken Robertson (D.B. SWEENEY).<\/p>\n

Ten years later and Harry is attempting to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps but despite four attempts to qualify, cannot become a CIA field operative and is instead stuck behind a desk as an analyst working under Robertson who also aids Harry in his field training.<\/p>\n

Leonard meanwhile is still working but gets himself in a jam on his latest assignment and is captured supposedly by the same terrorist organization that got their hands on a device that has the capability, in simplistic terms, do any damn thing the screenplay wants it to do. Brass tax: it\u2019s a super weapon. Anyway, in return for Leonard, they demand a special key to operate this device otherwise it will turn on itself after several hours? Honestly, it\u2019s a bit vague why they even need the key to begin with.<\/p>\n

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The plot for this is nonsense any most of this just leads to poorly shot action sequences, half-assed acting especially for Willis, though Gina Carano, who generally isn\u2019t terrible, provides a stilted performance on her part and Hollywood continues to feebly make Kellan Lutz into some kind of action star; let\u2019s put it this way, they tried the same with Sam Worthington but by comparison, he was more successful…<\/p>\n

If the direction by Steven C. Miller (Silent Night<\/em>) and writing from Umair Aleem (debut) and Max Adams (Heist<\/em>) wasn\u2019t bad enough, the score from composer Ryan Dodson (Satanic Panic<\/em>) made Extraction<\/em><\/strong> all the more awful. I\u2019m not sure what they were thinking but the music was an assault on the ears to the point I wanted to mute the damn movie.<\/p>\n

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Extraction<\/em><\/strong> is the latest dud from Bruce Willis who is quickly joining the ranks for so many others and I fear that unless the planned Die Hard<\/em> prequel goes through, he will be relegated to slop like this (though to be fair, the likes of DeNiro isn\u2019t doing much better). As it stands, it\u2019s a messy film completely from the direction to the writing to the acting, albeit Carano exudes the most charisma of the bunch, I just hope she doesn\u2019t continue with these types of flicks (she also co-starred in Heist<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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This release comes with a glossy, title-embossed slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/u><\/strong> copy. For a DTV or limited release, there\u2019s more features than normal.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 The track features Director Steven C. Moore and Actor\/Star Kellan Lutz as they break down the film\u2019s plot, working with the various actors and filming in various locations.<\/p>\n

Deleted\/Extended Scenes (4:42; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 There were four scenes removed or cut down, none of which are of particular note and only would\u2019ve prolonged the pain of an already lame movie.<\/p>\n

The Making of Extraction <\/em>(12:57; HD)<\/u><\/strong> takes viewers behind-the-scenes with interviews by various cast and crew members explaining the story and characters. It\u2019s rather basic and doesn\u2019t exactly delve that deeply into the production.<\/p>\n

Cast\/Crew Interviews (29:10; HD)<\/u><\/strong> features extended chats with the actors (including Kellan Lutz, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney, Dan Bilzerian and Joshua Mikel) and others (Director Steven C. Moore and Director of Photographer Brandon Cox) talking about their respective characters or the movie itself.<\/p>\n

Theatrical Trailer (2:06; HD)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Previews<\/strong> \u2014 Heist<\/em><\/a>, The Last Witch Hunter<\/em><\/a>, MI-5<\/em>, Sicario<\/a><\/em>, Exposed<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Extraction<\/em><\/strong> comes to Blu-ray through Lionsgate presented with a 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. For a new movie I was rather disappointed: detail was mostly soft and there seemed to be some artifacting issues. However, colors were at least natural looking but otherwise this was a subpar video transfer, even more so given it is a recent release.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track at least is serviceable providing for crisp and clear dialogue levels throughout and the action sequences come through making usage of every available channel. Sadly, what also blared from the speakers was the aforementioned the god-awful score.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Overall, Extraction<\/em><\/strong> is exactly what I thought it would be and so much less. It\u2019s yet another direct-to-video (or very limited release) from Bruce Willis who is not only somehow second billed in spite of making a cameo appearance but billed behind Kellan Lutz, tells you everything you need to know; Gina Carano has charisma but not enough to overcome the film\u2019s issues while Lutz is no action star but to be fair, it\u2019s not like he\u2019s given great material to work with either. The Blu-ray released through Lionsgate offers so-so video, fine audio and a surprisingly respectable amount of bonus material to peruse.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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