Ambulance

"It was supposed to be a simple heist."

2022 2h 16m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 2,571

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Synopsis

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Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million.

“It was supposed to be a simple heist.”

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Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal
Danny Sharp
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Will Sharp
Eiza González
Cam Thompson
Garret Dillahunt
Captain Monroe
Keir O'Donnell
FBI Agent Anson Clark
Jackson White
Officer Zach
Olivia Stambouliah
Lieutenant Dhazghig
Moses Ingram
Amy Sharp

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Chris Fedak, Laurits Munch-Petersen, Lars Andreas Pedersen
Languages: Cantonese, English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America, Japan

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Cantonese, English, Spanish.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Japan.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Bay, shot by Roberto De Angelis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lorne Balfe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Pietro Scalia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza González carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It was supposed to be a simple heist.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Bay directs. Roberto De Angelis behind the camera. Lorne Balfe scores. Pietro Scalia cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Japan. Dialogue in Cantonese, English, Spanish.

Trivia

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1Released 4 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Cantonese, English, Spanish.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Japan.
4Directed by Michael Bay, shot by Roberto De Angelis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Lorne Balfe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Pietro Scalia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza González carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It was supposed to be a simple heist.".
9IMDB entry: tt4998632 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 11 themes, including "ambulance", "car crash", "remake", "officer involved shooting".

The technical file

Cinematography: Roberto De Angelis
Original score: Lorne Balfe
Editing: Pietro Scalia
Production design: Karen Frick
Costume design: Lisa Lovaas
Makeup / hair: Helen Marray-Finlay
VFX supervisor: Dan Levitan
Sound: Erik Aadahl
Runtime: 136 min · 2h 16m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $52,303,589
Return: 131% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Ambulance (2022)

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CinemaSerf2022-03-28
★ 5/10
So here's the gist. "Will" (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) needs $231,000 urgently, so he taps up his brother "Danny" (Jake Gyllenhaal) who, as luck would have it, is on that very day about to hit a bank for $32m. All he has to do is drive and his worries are a thing of the past. They manage to relieve the bank of the cash ok, but horny young police officer "Zach" (Jackson White) becomes a fly in their ointment when he decides to ask one of the cashiers out on a date, and gets caught up in the now much more precarious raid. He gets shot, and as the ambulance is leaving to take him to hospital the two robbers jump on board as their ticket out of the now police-strewn crime scene. Luckily, onboard the ambulance, is feisty no-nonsense paramedic "Cam" (Eiza González) who now has to keep the critically ill officer alive whilst her two passengers try to evade the might of the LAPD with their loot. What now ensues is just ridiculous. This sixteen tonne truck manages to evade snipers, souped-up police cars, helicopters all whilst having a critically injured man in the back. It seems to have no issues running out of gas; and must have an axle and suspension system that wouldn't be out of place on a Boeing 747. Gung-go police captain "Monroe" (Garret Dillahunt) demonstrates adequately that the more resources you have, the cockier you become - and the less successful; and the introduction of FBI man "Anson" (Keir O'Donnell) a college pal of "Danny" who has to rush from a marriage guidance session with his husband to try and apprehend the fugitives just tops off this rather preposterous narrative. The production is very good; the use of drones and high speed photography does create an effective image as the ambulance continues to evade pursuit, but the dialogue is dreadful. Lots of repetitive expressions with hardly a smile to be had as the plot descends willingly into the absurd. Luckily, we get to come up for air for a moment or so thanks to Christoper Cross' "Sailing" but otherwise this is a relentless chase movie with it's root firmly placed in fantasy. The ending takes 2¼ to come, and when it does it is as inevitable as it is poor. I'm sorry, but this is nobody's finest work and being the only person at the screening I couldn't help but wonder if others knew better than me - and stayed at home!
Chris Sawin2022-04-18
★ 4/10
Buried deep within Ambulance’s loud, flashy action, sickening editing, overstimulated filming techniques, and a screenplay that seems like it was fished out of a port-a-potty is a somewhat thrilling film. Jake Gyllenhaal is a cashmere obsessed lunatic that you can’t help but love, but Ambulance is a gaudy and sloppy excuse of an action film otherwise. Full review: boundingintocomics.com/2022/04/11/ambulance-review-action-at-its-dumbest-and-gaudiest/
5rJoud2022-04-26
★ 6/10
6 out of 10 for this waste of good actors. Garbage camera work, loud score, and anticlimactic ending that leaves the viewer just disappointed. Car chases and gun fights must have been directed by an action flick newbie, never even once is the cause and effect in the same frame. Looking at people shooting something off-screen and in the next scene seeing bullets hit another thing does nothing for me. Might as well read a book if I'm supposed to connect the dots myself. Similarly watching cars drive fast in close-ups or over hidden ramps is just boring. Dialogue wants to be clever so much and characters are overly colorful, not very believable on the whole. The movie is suspenseful though if nothing else and that is why my rating is relatively high.