Ambulance
Ambulance
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.
匚卂尺ㄥ reviewed3d ago
So while I'm not a fan of Michael bay, but some of his ventures like The Rock (which I absolutely love), Armageddon, pearl harbor, 13 hours are fantastic examples of his inimitable style and sometimes innovative and crazy camerawork which lends to an enjoyable viewing experience (whether the story is felt through and through is a different thing to be discussed altogether), and Ambulance is no different in terms of it's treatment of a simple plot with several beats to shed some light on the characters.
With Ambulance the canvas is pretty much a variety of well known areas in NY and the landscape is simple (roads, highways, parking lots etc) yet utilized quite well thanks to some insane high octane shots, due to the FPV drone that they used. The two brothers have great chemistry which becomes obvious with each passing minute of the car chase sequence, the motivation might feel slim but with a Bay movie that's a given coz the proof is in his action!
So is the case with Ambulance but what makes it fresh is the several hurdles that these two characters face during the chase which keep the audience on their toes and the ending wasn't what I had expected but one I quite liked coz it felt more real.
Definitely do watch this for the action and camerawork but stay for the great chemistry between the main acts and the crazy acting by Jake Gyllenhaal, he's been my fav for years but even though this project was so not his type of work, yet he truly made it his own.