MUMBAI: Chris Hemsworth and Randeep Hooda starrer ‘Extraction’ recently came out on Netflix, receiving praise for its high-octane action sequences and cinematography.
The film revolves around a black-market mercenary who takes up a mission to rescue an Indian drug lord’s kidnapped son from Bangladesh.
A lot of the events in the narrative take place in Dhaka, which is shown as an under-developed city with slums as well as the ‘yellow filter’ used in the cinematography.
This has led many to express their disappointment over the portrayal through social media.
Have a look.
Dear, @netflix
— Imran Ahmed (@ahmed_imraaan) April 25, 2020
Welcome to Dhaka#Netflix #Dhaka #ExtractionNetflix #Extraction #ExtractionReview #Bangladesh pic.twitter.com/bmijtSz8LJ
The way Dhaka was shown in Extraction, the Netflix Original movie, it was ridiculous. They made it seem like Dhaka is full of slums which portrays how they look down to us. It's pathetic how they've shown the worst places in the world to be in Dhaka. Pathetic! #ExtractionNetflix
— Tazreen Alam (@AlamTazreen) April 26, 2020
Just finished watching Extraction! Tbh loved the cinematography of the action sequences! Beside that all the actors were average except Chriss, poor storyline and misconception about a whole country! They made Dhaka look like savages.
— Yogita phulwani (@yogitaphulwani1) April 24, 2020
Disappointed!#ExtractionNetflix #Netflix pic.twitter.com/5403F6lt7X
Extraction is recent victim of "outside of America yellow filter" cliché. pic.twitter.com/s110K9DZX9
— Francis Ethelbert Briones (@Fanatic_Francis) April 26, 2020
Interestingly, the film was named ‘Dhaka’ at first and later changed. It’s also notable that major parts of the film were shot in Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
Hollywood has been criticised in the past for its stereotypical portrayal of countries such as India and Africa. Extraction, which is the first Hollywood movie with a narrative centered in Bangladesh, brings more of the same.
SOURCE – THE ENVOY WEB
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