Ambulance

An ugly approach to cinema.

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.

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&#59; in the early, rougher passages, his verve and manic energy almost single-handedly keeps the picture afloat.

It is so dumb and I am so ashamed of myself for enjoying it as much as I did.

The least unfavourite Michael Bay film.

Ambulance is here to remind you of the head-spinning delights of watching a genuine cinematic madman at work.

Just like Michael Bay, Ambulance had a fleeting premiere on the marquee, as fleeting as the impact it generates. [Full review in Spanish]

Everything he does is still about big explosions, big guns, big stakes, big car chases, big actors, big cameras. The only thing not big in this movie is the drones they use to fly around random places in Los Angeles.

One of Michael Bay’s better action thrillers in years! Yahya & Gyllenhaal sell me on their brotherly relationship & every reaction decision they make from the start. It’s engaging, entertaining & action packed with a finish line which works in Bay’s favor

High on the blam-blam-blam and low on the yak-yak-yak, this is the big-screen barrage of suddenly shattering windows, improbably airborne vehicles and impressively exploding objects you’ve been waiting for.