Extraction has been a massive hit for Netflix and no doubt a big part of that is due to the film's incredible action sequences that have people taking. A lot of focus is being paid to the film's unbelievable one-take action sequence that seems like it was a miracle to pull off.
Delivering a great action sequence can be hard enough, but these one-take sequences make it so much more complex. While some sequences use some clever tricks to pull off their one-take look, the results are mesmerizing and exciting cinematic moments. here are the best uses of the one-shot takes in action movies.
10 Black Panther (2018)
Marvel's Black Panther was the ground-breaking hit from the MCU that introduced the world to Wakanda. It is also a stellar action film that feels almost like a spy film at times. One of the best sequences comes during a brawl in a casino as T'Challa and his allies take on Ulysses Klaue and his goons.
The sequence takes the camera from the upper level, down to the lower level and back up again. It gives the action a different feel than most MCU films, but since it is a superhero movie, there is some CGI to help sell the magic.
9 1917 (2019)
1917 is the Oscar-winning World War I film from Sam Mendes that was shot to look like one continuous shot. While there are certainly a number of breath-taking sequences in the film, the most notable is the climax of the film as the hero makes a desperate run across the battlefield to deliver a message.
While the rest of the movie features a lot of clever cuts in order to achieve the unique look, this sequence was filmed as one continuous take. Following this character on this run is one of the most emotionally thrilling moments in the cinema last year.
8 Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Kingsman is a spy thriller starring Colin Farrell as a gentleman spy who recruits a streetwise young man to join their organization. In one wild sequence, Firth's character finds himself in the midst of a hateful church rally when the villain uses mind control to turn everyone into vicious killers.
The mayhem that follows is a surreal scene of churchgoers massacring one another. Given the overly choreographed nature of the fight, there is a lot of hidden edits, but it is nonetheless an impressive feat.
7 Spectre (2015)
Before Sam Mendes attempted to make an entire movie that looked like one-take, he tried out an ambitious sequence for his James Bond film Spectre. The movie opens during the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico then follows Bond into a hotel, across some rooftops as he follows a target.
The sequence needed some clever editing to pull off the extended sequences, but with the festival and various locations, it is still quite impressive and a great way to kick off the movie.
6 Hanna (2011)
Joe Wright's Hanna is a rare action film from the director. It stars Sarosie Ronan as a young girl who is raised in the wilderness by her survivalist father (Eric Bana) before they both must venture into the real world to face the government agents who want them dead.
Bana is at the center of the film's most memorable sequence as he is slowly pursued by assassins into an underground subway station where he takes them all down in a beautifully choreographed fight. This is a true one-take sequence that wonderfully mounts the tension until the action kicks in.
5 The Revenant (2015)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu made Birdman which was another film shot to look like one take. However, it is even more impressive what he was able to pull off with his opening one-take battle sequence in the period adventure film The Revenant.
The sequence finds a group of frontiersmen being attacked by a group of Native Americans. The complex sequence was pulled off with CGI to help with some of the more complicated stunts and deliver a brutal action scene.
4 Children Of Men (2006)
Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men is a brilliant sci-fi action film about a man helping transport a pregnant refugee across their war-torn county. During an early sequence, the heroes' car is ambushed by enemies leading to this amazing one-take scene.
To achieve the true one-take scene, a special camera had to be made which sat in the middle of a modified car in which the actors could sit around it. It is just one of many amazing one-take scenes in the film, but certainly the most thrilling.
3 Extraction (2020)
Chris Hemsworth's Extraction is one of the most high-profile Netflix releases of the year and one of biggest projects outside of the MCU. He plays a mercenary tasked with rescuing a young boy from captivity in a criminal controlled city.
In the middle of the film is a jaw-dropping 12-minute sequence involving a car chase, a shootout in an apartment, and a fight in the middle of the street. Clearly there are a lot of hidden edits in this scene, but it doesn't diminish the insanity on display.
2 Hard Boiled (1992)
Hard Boiled is one of the best movies to come out of the Hong Kong action movie seen which is no surprise since it was directed by action legend John Woo. The film follows a detective and undercover agent who team up to stop a mobster.
The film's climax finds the duo leading an attack on the bad guys at a hospital. Without CGI, the nearly four-minute-long sequence follows these two characters down the hallways, gunning down every enemy in their path.
1 Oldboy (2003)
Park Chan-wok's Oldboy is the wild Korean action-thriller. It follows a man who is released from captivity after several years and goes after those responsible for his torture. The famous one-take fight finds the protagonist taking on a gang of thugs in a hallway armed with only a hammer.
The sequence didn't use CGI to hide any edits, though there was some used to show a character getting stabbed and to land some of the punches. It is a messy, brutal, and exhilarating scene that is mind-boggling to think about how it was filmed.
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