The first thing that comes to mind when talking about Michael Bay movies are the explosions, gunfire and scenes of cars flipping or helicopters falling from the sky in slow-motion. The man is like a filmmaker on steroids when it comes to big production. No matter how big or small the story is, Bay always finds a way to add explosions and make a big deal out of it. After his success in franchises like Bad Boys and Transformers, Bay has gone on to create the likes of Pain & Gain (2013) and 6 Underground (2019). His latest project, Ambulance, marks Bay's first directorial effort release since the pandemic began in 2020. Ambulance comes to local cinemas today, three weeks before North America where it is scheduled to release on April 8.
Based on a 2005 Danish film of the same name by Laurits Munch-Petersen, Bay's version tells the story of what happens in a single day in Los Angeles in which war veteran William Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is desperate for money to cover his wife's surgery. He decides to reach out to one person he knows he shouldn't -- his estranged adoptive brother and life-long criminal Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal), who offers him US$32 million in the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history. With his wife's survival on the line, William can't say no. But when their escape plan goes spectacularly wrong, the pair hijack an ambulance with an emergency medical technician Cam Thompson (Eiza González) onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never stops, Danny and William take on the law and somehow try not to kill each other while executing the most insane getaway the city has ever seen.
