'Extraction' ending explained: Is Tyler Rake alive at the end of the film?

Netflix's high-octane thriller film Extraction recently debuted on Netflix and is being unanimously praised for its action set pieces and jaw-dropping chase sequences. Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda and Pankaj Tripathi starter film Extraction has an ambiguous ending which can leave audience members as to what actually happened. ending for Extraction will be discussed in detail below. 

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Extraction ending explained

action-heavy backdrop of Extraction comes from director Sam Hargrave who has previously worked as a stunt director and ci-ordinator on various action films including Avengers: Endgame and Captain America: Winter Soldier and Atomic Blonde. During end of film, Ovi Mahajan's character played by Rudhraksh Jaiswal is safely escorted to chopper waiting to fly him off Bangladesh to India. By that time, Tyler Rake's character played by Chris Hemsworth is heavily injured saving Ovi and thus chooses to sacrifice his life by jumping off bridge into sea. But as film draws to a close, Tyler Rake blurry im can be seen looking over Ovi as he surfaces up from swimming pool. 

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As per director Sam Hargrave, decision taken during climax of film was done deliberately in order for viewers to interpret film's finale. During an interview with an entertainment portal in USA, Sam Hargrave revealed that if a viewer watches film and believes that Tyler's redemption is completed by his sacrifice, n y can consider him dead. Whereas, if some viewers loved Tyler's character and wished for him to survive at end of film, n y envision his im at final shot of film. 

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