YMMV / Extraction 2

• Alternate Character Interpretation: Near the end of the film, was Zurab just being cowardly by strapping a bomb onto his nephew while holding a Dead Man's Switch, essentially using him as a Human Shield to prevent Tyler from shooting him; or did he do so because he wanted to engineer a very specific situation that would have been extremely difficult to achieve otherwise, namely getting his nephew in a position where he would not only be forced to shoot his brother's killer, but also able to?
• Even Better Sequel: With more action, bigger set pieces, a longer oner, and more compelling villains, many consider this film to be even better than the first.
• Fan-Preferred Couple: Plenty of people really ship Nik and Tyler after this film where she serves as more than just his handler, but fights along side him and seriously kills nearly as many Mooks as he does. She also goes out of her way to try and revive him in the beginning and is tender and loving (while of course still being sarcastic with him, as is their tradition) while he recovers. The unfortunate thing, though, is that Golshifteh Farahani has stated outright in interviews that she wants the relationship to stay platonic (though it definitely has been interpreted as having loads of Unresolved Sexual Tension) so those fans are likely never going to get a canon romance if the third film indeed gets made.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Tyler using a riot shield and punching another inmate with his arm on fire could be seen as revenge for Chris Evans using Mjolnir as he is basically channeling both Captain America and the Human Torch.
• Special Effect Failure: The closeup shot of the helicopter approaching the hotel is shockingly bad CGI, with the helicopter model used looking far too shiny. Making this worse is that every other depiction of helicopters in the film looks realistic and well-implemented, so it really stands out.
• The Scrappy: Sandro, Sandro, Sandro. Yes, he is a young impressionable teenager, but he saw his father and uncle abuse his family and still sees fit to betray them. Most people who saw the film note his character as the weakest part by far, as he also ends up a Karma Houdini even when he gets Yaz killed. The film attempts to redeem him by having him help Tyler and Nik in the final fight, but it's still not enough after he's responsible for her brother's death. It also overlaps into Unintentionally Unsympathetic territory.
• Tear Jerker: Yaz's death is unbearably sad. It's not hard to call it ahead of time—he WAS the movie's Plucky Comic Relief, after all—but it doesn't make it suck any less when Sandro gets him killed. The scene of Nik cleaning his body while crying is heartbreaking. Tyler even comes in to gently comfort her.

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