The Extortion[1] (Spanish: La extorsión) is a 2023 Argentine thriller film directed by Martino Zaidelis [es] from a screenplay by Emanuel Diez which stars Guillermo Francella alongside Pablo Rago and Andrea Frigerio.

Veteran aircraft pilot Alejandro Petrossián, close to retirement, is blackmailed by the secret services after a manipulated medical test covering up Petrossián's partial hearing loss is leaked, thereby becoming a sort of courier in between the airports of Ezeiza and Barajas.

[5] The film is a 100 Bares, Cimarrón Cine, Infinity Hill, and Particular Crowd production.

[6] Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures,[7] the film was released theatrically in Argentina on 6 April 2023.

[8] It was the 2nd-most watched Argentine film in 2023 at the domestic box office, with 528,762 admissions.