Ambulance

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.

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.

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.

A bonkers, self-reverential, albeit tolerable Michael Bay movie accompanied by his characteristic high octane, macho, hyperbolic sledgehammer style.

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.

When Bayhem sparkles like it mostly does in Ambulance, it's its own kind of thrilling experience.