Directed by Justin Wolfson, edited by Patrick Biesemans. Shot by Sam Hargrave. Transcript coming soon.
When Joe Russo (of Russo brothers fame) was casting about for just the right person to direct his action thriller Extraction, he opted for a nontraditional choice: Sam Hargrave, a stunt coordinator who had been itching to try his hand at directing.
Granted, it's not the first time a stunt coordinator has made the transition to behind the camera. Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick franchise, was a former stunt choreographer who worked with Keanu Reeves on The Matrix movies. Hargrave's stunt work has been featured in Avengers: End Game and Captain America: Civil War, for example, as well as The Hunger Games franchise and Atomic Blonde. And like Stahelski, he brought that stuntman's sensibility to the challenge of directing the action-packed Extraction.
"For me, action is a way to tell a story in a dynamic way," says Hargrave. "And if you're not able to see what's happening, if you're not able to experience it as the characters do, then you're missing a lot of the impact of the moment."
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