![]() ![]() Sinking $65 million dollars into its action spectacle Extraction, it's no wonder Netflix chose to, as they say, go balls-to-the-wall on every front. Writer-director Jeff Chan hardly has the type of budget typically tossed at superhero fare, yet this grittier take on an X-Men-esque world delivers plenty of compelling action sequences. It's their on-screen dynamic that truly sells it, with the older Amell playing the thuggish crook who enlists Connor. He harnesses his electrokinetic powers and joins forces with a criminal gang, in order to raise the cash.Īrrowverse heroes and real-life cousins Robbie and Stephen Amell co-star, after having raised the financing for the film through Kickstarter. Alas, this circumstance is sadly not met with excitement by the majority of citizens who cower away from "Powers", including Connor (Robbie Amell), a twenty-something labourer struggling to pay for his mother's medical bills. As a result, we're now getting more fun, straight-to-streaming pics like Code 8, set in a world where roughly 4% of the population is born with abilities. We're in a post-MCU world now where the superhero schtick is no longer counterculture.
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