• Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake, a former Australian SASR operator turned black ops mercenary
• Rudhraksh Jaiswal as Ovi Mahajan Jr., the son of Indian drug lord Ovi Mahajan Sr.
• Randeep Hooda as Saju Rav, a former Para (Special Forces) Lieutenant Colonel and the head of security of Ovi Sr.
• Golshifteh Farahani as Nik Khan, a mercenary and partner of Tyler
• Pankaj Tripathi as Ovi Mahajan Sr., the incarcerated Indian drug lord, and father of Ovi Jr.
• David Harbour as Gaspar, a former squad teammate of Tyler living in Dhaka and Asif's secret friend
• Bryon and Ryder Lerum as Tyler Rake's son
• Priyanshu Painyuli as Amir Asif, a Bangladeshi drug lord who kidnaps Ovi.
• Sudipto Balav as Sadik, a henchman of Amir Asif.
• Adam Bessa as Yaz Khan, the younger brother of Nik and a member of her crew.
• Shataf Figar as Colonel Rashid, a colonel of a Bangladeshi elite force working for Asif.
• Suraj Rikame as Farhad, a young boy turned henchman of Asif.
• Neha Mahajan as Neysa Rav, Saju's wife.
• Sam Hargrave as Gaetan "G", a mercenary and partner of Tyler
• Wayne Blair as Koen

The film had a long development process. On March 5, 2012, it was revealed that Dwayne Johnson is attached to star in the film, originally titled Ciudad, with the Russo Brothers on board to direct from a screenplay by Joe Russo.

On August 31, 2018, it was announced that Sam Hargrave would direct Dhaka from a screenplay by Joe Russo. In addition, Chris Hemsworth was set to star in the film. In November 2018, the rest of the cast was set.
Production began in Ahmedabad and Mumbai in November 2018. Filming next took place in Ban Pong, Ratchaburi, Thailand.

The cast stayed in Nakhon Pathom. Principal production ended in March 2019. The film's working title was initially Dhaka but was changed to Out of the Fire, before the final title was revealed to be Extraction on February 19, 2020.
Henry Jackman and Alex Belcher composed the film score and worked together in 21 Bridges while the Russo Brothers produced the film. BMG has released the soundtrack. English indie rock band Alt-J's "In Cold Blood" was used for the official trailer.

Extraction was the top-streamed item in its debut weekend, then fell to sixth place (but third among films) in its second week. Netflix estimated the film would be watched by about 90 million households during its first month of release, the biggest premiere in the service's history. The film returned to the site's top-10 during the 4th of July weekend. In July 2020, Netflix said the film had been watched by 99 million households in its first four weeks of release, the most-ever for one of their original films. In November, Variety reported the film was the fourth-most watched straight-to-streaming title of 2020 up to that point.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on 214 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Spectacular stunt work and an electric performance from Chris Hemsworth can't save Extraction from being dragged down by its aimless violence." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Rohan Naahar of the Hindustan Times praised the performances of Hemsworth and Hooda, and wrote: "Featuring one of the most stunning action scenes in recent memory... [the film] is breakneck and bonkers." Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt gave the film a "B" and wrote that it "mostly delivers what its swaggering trailer promises: international scenery; insidious villains; a taciturn, tree-trunk Aussie."

Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and said: "Aiming for the fight poetry of the John Wick franchise, Extraction comes closer to a series of stunts strung together to look like an ultraviolent video game (think Manhunt 2) in which the avatars are played by actual humans."

Extraction was criticized by several outlets as having "white savior" elements. Variety called the film "a white-savior version of Man on Fire," while Screen Rant said that the film's "regressive white savior elements" drag it down. In an overall positive review, Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote: "Look, let's get this out of the way. Yes, director Sam Hargrave and writer Joe Russo's Extraction... is an arguably 'problematic' white savior flick but it's also a solid action-adventure".

The Daily Star expressed concern over the representation of Dhaka, calling the representation "bleak and inaccurate, but Dhaka nonetheless". BBC Bangla also noted many complaints online about the portrayal of Dhaka and Bangladesh in the film.
Marko Forker, Lynzi Grant, Craig Wentworth, and Olivier Sarda were nominated by the Visual Effects Society at the 19th Visual Effects Society Awards on April 6, 2021, in the category Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature.