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Extraction (2020)
Where Extraction says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Dhaka on screen is really Mumbai's Dharavi and Byculla, plus bridges and markets in Thailand
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Scenes and places
The club where Ovi is taken (2020)
Ovi, the teenage son of an Indian drug lord, sneaks out to a club with friends. Corrupt police working for a rival kill his friend and take him, which starts the whole rescue.
Set in A club (city not named in the plot) — Where Ovi sneaks out to with his friends and is taken.
A club night that turns into a kidnapping; the film's plot names no city for it.
The prison visit (2020)
Saju, Ovi's guardian, visits the jailed Ovi Sr. Ovi Sr. will not pay or give up territory and orders Saju to bring his son back, threatening Saju's own son if he refuses.
Set in Prison holding Ovi Mahajan Sr. (location not named) — Where the jailed drug lord sends Saju to get his son back.
A prison visiting room where the order to rescue Ovi is given.
Through Dhaka's streets with Ovi (2020)
Tyler gets Ovi out of his captors' hands and heads for the extraction point through packed streets.
Set in Dhaka, Bangladesh — The crowded Dhaka streets Tyler and Ovi run through after the rescue.
Dharavi is one of Mumbai's densest districts, a maze of lanes and workshops.
Filmed at Dharavi, Mumbai — One of the Mumbai districts the crew used for the claustrophobic, locked-down Dhaka. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The locked-down alleys (2020)
The rival boss has the police lock down Dhaka, closing every bridge and exit. Tyler and Ovi are stuck inside a sealed city with no way to leave.
Set in Dhaka, Bangladesh — The city is shut down and every way out is closed.
Byculla is an older central Mumbai district of mills, markets and tight lanes.
Filmed at Byculla, Mumbai — Used, with Dharavi, for the claustrophobia of a city in lockdown. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The fight in the teeming market (2020)
Tyler fights through a crowded market with Ovi, where hunters on Asif's payroll close in.
Set in Dhaka, Bangladesh — A packed market where the fighting happens.
Ahmedabad is Gujarat's largest city, where the shoot began in November 2018.
Filmed at Ahmedabad, India — Production began in Ahmedabad; the source ties the crew's market environment to Ahmedabad and Mumbai but does not say which city this scene is. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The bridge checkpoint (2020)
Tyler draws the guards' attention away so Saju and Ovi can slip past a bridge checkpoint, and a large firefight breaks out.
Set in Dhaka, Bangladesh — A bridge checkpoint on the way out of the city.
Ratchaburi province, west of Bangkok, is where the crew rebuilt Dhaka's bridges and markets.
Filmed at Ban Pong, Ratchaburi, Thailand — Thailand played Dhaka's bridges and markets. Marker is the centre of Ratchaburi, not Ban Pong itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Tyler Rake — A former Australian Army SASR operator turned mercenary, hired to rescue a kidnapped boy from Dhaka.
- Ovi Mahajan Jr. — The son of an imprisoned Indian drug lord, kidnapped by a rival in Dhaka.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was Extraction's locked-down Dhaka really filmed?