Ambulance
critic Reviews
, 69% Fresh Tomatometer Score- At top speed and with sirens wailing, Ambulance comes riding to the rescue for audiences facing an emergency shortage of Michael Bay action thrills.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTodd GilchristAV Club
The Ambulance almost immediately exceeds its intended scale, turning what should be a lean and mean retrograde high-concept hostage situation into a sprawling, geographically incomprehensible tour of one of the most gridlocked cities in the United States.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJason BaileyThe Playlist
Bay still knows how to shoot movie stars like movie stars... Gyllenhaal looks hot, makes a convincing crook, and is clearly having a great time; in the early, rougher passages, his verve and manic energy almost single-handedly keeps the picture afloat.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It is so dumb and I am so ashamed of myself for enjoying it as much as I did.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode & Mayo's Film Review
The least unfavourite Michael Bay film.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBarry HertzGlobe and Mail
Ambulance is here to remind you of the head-spinning delights of watching a genuine cinematic madman at work.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDavid SimsThe Atlantic
If you’re buying a ticket hoping for a honed piece of cinema, you may be disappointed. Ambulance is instead a strong entry in Bay’s maximalist canon, his best assault on the senses since his underrated 2013 comic thriller, Pain & Gain.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreArmond WhiteNational Review
Never mundane, [Michael Bay] expands on the lamest of all action genres, the bank heist, to find the form’s sensual, kinetic potential. Everyday dazzle.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePeter CanaveseCelluloid Dreams
A bonkers, self-reverential, albeit tolerable Michael Bay movie accompanied by his characteristic high octane, macho, hyperbolic sledgehammer style.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMatt BrunsonFilm Frenzy
The infinite monkey theorem is far more limiting on solely the film front, as it posits that a monkey screeching orders from the director's chair will almost certainly create a Michael Bay movie (like this one) at some point in time.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSarah WardConcrete Playground
When Bayhem sparkles like it mostly does in Ambulance, it's its own kind of thrilling experience.
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