Ambulance Review: Michael Bay Delivers An Intense, Entertaining Actioner

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Ambulance is certainly a Michael Bay movie, if the amount of destroyed cars and explosions are any indication. The film’s action is intense and the stakes incredibly high. While the director’s movies from the last decade haven't necessarily been memorable or often good, Ambulance is a return to form. Adapted from the 2005 Danish film of the same name, and from a screenplay by Chris Fedak, it’s one of the most fun Bay movies in a long time, with a great cast that elevates the somewhat thin plot that results in an engaging actioner.

Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is a U.S. Marine veteran who is struggling to find work. He’s doubly stressed because his wife Amy (Moses Ingram) needs an experimental surgery that their insurance refuses to pay for. Desperate, Will goes to his brother Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal) for a loan. An expert bank robber, Danny convinces Will to help him pull a bank heist that would leave them with $32 million. Will agrees and things seem to be going smoothly enough when a rookie cop, Zach (Jackson White), gets involved unknowingly, leading Danny and Will to hijack an ambulance with EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza González) inside to get away.

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Ambulance is a thrill ride from start to finish, though it does go on for 15 minutes too long, which undercuts the momentum of the film quite a bit. For the majority of the film’s runtime, Danny and Will are inside the ambulance with Cam, stuck in a high-speed chase with the Los Angeles Police Department and one FBI agent (Keir O’Donnell) on their tail. It’s a tight space in the vehicle, and one would think that the suspense would start to taper off rather soon after the brothers take it, but it only amplifies the tension and makes