Fails the Bechdel test

Extraction

Name: Extraction
Released: 2020

2020. Directed by Sam Hargrave, written by Joe Russo and Ande Parks and Anthony Russo.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
4 women characters. 3 of them speak.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

In an underworld of weapons dealers and traffickers, a young boy becomes the pawn in a war between notorious drug lords. Trapped by kidnappers inside one of the world's most impenetrable cities, his rescue beckons the unparalleled skill of a mercenary named Tyler Rake, but Rake is a broken man with nothing to lose, harboring a death wish that makes an already deadly mission near impossible.

Released: 24 Apr 2020
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.8 / 10
Metascore: 56 / 100
Awards: 4 wins & 15 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Tyler 182 lines, man
Ovi 71 lines, man
Nik 55 lines, woman
Saju 43 lines, man
Gaspar 41 lines, man
Amir 22 lines, man
Yaz 18 lines, man
Sachin 16 lines, man
Farhad 15 lines, man
Kalam 14 lines, man

Full cast, 56 people

Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake
Rudhraksh Jaiswal as Ovi Mahajan
Randeep Hooda as Saju
Golshifteh Farahani as Nik Khan
Pankaj Tripathi as Ovi Mahajan Sr.
David Harbour as Gaspar
Bryon Lerum as Rake's Son
Ryder Lerum as Rake's Son
Shivam Vichare as Sachin
Piyush Khati as Arjun
Sara Rumao as Cute Girl
Aarti Kulkarni as Pari - Ovi's Maid
Umakant Patil as Cop #1 - Candie's Cafe
Praveen Indu as Cop #2 - Candie's Cafe
Swapnil Kokam as Prison Guard
Neha Mahajan as Neysa
Pallas Prajapati as Aarav
Shazia Naz Gill as Saju's Housekeeper
Rob Collins as Rata
Wayne Blair as Koen
Adam Bessa as Yaz Kahn
Sam Hargrave as Gaetan
Rayna Campbell as Radio Tech - Nik's Crew
Patrick Newall as Merc
Chris Jai Alex as Thiago
Vonzell Carter as Jose
Héctor Andreu as Additional Tech - Nik's Crew
Priyanshu Painyuli as Amir Asif
Sumeet Thakur as Kalam - Kidnapper #1
Projoy Majumdar as Raju - Kidnapper #2
Sounak Kundu as Jersey Guard
Pabitra Mondal as Chinese Rifle Boy
Abhinav Srivastana as Rooftop Boy
Suraj Rikame as Farhad
Shataf Figar as Silver-haired Colonel
Kundan Roy as Car Crash Cop
Amritpal Singh as Stunt Elite Police
Yatendra Bahuguna as Hotel Clerk
Debapriya Saha as Apon
Sujay Mondal as Gopi's Gang Member #1
Surojit Mondal as Gopi's Gang Member #2
Raj Santra as Gopi's Gang Member #3
Anup Sharma as Blockade Commander
Chris Romrell as Mercenary #1
Craig 'Chili' Palmer as Mercenary #2
Michael Lehr as Mercenary #3
Brandon McClary as Mercenary #4
Mutaza Khatawala as Gunner #1
Alejandro Anduze as Pilot - Helicopter
Aditya Paul as Vocalist #1 - Band Candie's Cafe
Shreya Vivek as Vocalist #2 - Band Candie's Cafe
Sharan Gulati as Guitarist #1 - Band Candie's Cafe
Shitij Gulati as Guitarist #2 - Band Candie's Cafe
Akshat Pathak as Drummer - Band Candie's Cafe
Tejeshwar Singh Mann as Misc. Player - Band Candie's Cafe
Sudipto Balav as Shadek

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 7 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 323

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 7	0	0
8 to 14	0	18
15 to 21	0	18
22 to 28	4	28
29 to 35	13	27
36 to 42	1	14
43 to 49	0	24
50 to 56	0	6
57 to 63	3	38
64 to 70	0	11
71 to 77	7	7
78 to 84	5	4
85 to 91	1	0
92 to 98	1	4
99 to 105	0	7
106 to 112	6	25
113 to 119	0	5
120 to 126	0	10
127 to 133	0	10
134 to 140	1	9
141 to 147	9	5
148 to 154	3	2
155 to 161	0	11
162 to 168	5	17
169 to 175	1	24
176 to 182	5	10
183 to 189	0	79
190 to 196	0	51
197 to 203	0	3
204 to 210	0	4
211 to 217	0	3
218 to 224	0	11
225 to 231	0	1
232 to 238	0	2
239 to 245	1	4
246 to 252	0	0
253 to 259	0	0
260 to 266	0	2
267 to 273	0	0
274 to 280	0	0
281 to 287	0	0
288 to 294	0	7
295 to 301	0	0
302 to 308	0	0
309 to 315	0	0
316 to 322	0	0
323 to 323	0	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 12 are women's.

66 lines from women, 501 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

4 women and 31 men in the cast. 3 women and 26 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 62 of 587. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 167 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 12% of the words (426), men 88% (3,124).

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

1 of the 15 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Sam Hargrave (man)
Written by: Joe Russo (man)
Produced by: Anthony Russo (man), Joe Russo (man), Chris Hemsworth (man), Eric Gitter (man), Peter Schwerin (man), Mike Larocca (man)
Shot by: Newton Thomas Sigel (man)
Edited by: Ruthie Aslan (man), Peter B. Ellis (man)
Music by: Henry Jackman (man), Alex Belcher (man)
Production design by: Philip Ivey (man)
Cast by: Sarah Halley Finn (woman)