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Ambulance 2022

They don't make them like this anymore, unfortunately Michael Bay does.
Somewhere inbetween Heat and Smokey & The Bandit Part 2.

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So here’s what happened: Some guy played GTA V and his stoned friend, who happened to be a producer, said: Come on, let’s make a movie out of it! I dare you! They laughed, called Michael Bay and the rest is history.
Seriously, the movie makes no sense, is absurd and absolutely senseless. Most of the scenes are just a usual day in GTA. I couldn’t stop laughing at the bs story and absurd „story“. Crank was better because it was funny with a purpose. This is just embarrassing and at the same time it’s not even the worst movie I’ve watched this year.

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This movie should be titled “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once”, it tries to be everything which amounts to mostly nothing. Not enough fun action like I was expecting but Jake Gylenhaal is having a blast so that is kind of fun to watch.

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Michael Bay got a drone cam for his birthday & simply had to show off what an urban hellscape LA is

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This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever watched.

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s 150% effort made even the terrible Michael Bay dialogue fun. Without him this movie would be a fraction of this score.

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too many drone shots, fine overall

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mediocre
but yeah

it's fun to watch.

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Seems like Michael Bay got some drones for a Christmas !

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probably the best film michael bay has made since "the island" or maybe even since "the rock", it feels like a summer blockbuster from the 90s, reminiscent of "speed" and "con air", but not so much in a campy way like "the expendables" - rather in a completely sincere michael bay way, with massive car chases, loud explosions and strange rollercoaster-like camera movements

also, this looks like it cost a lot more to make than it actually did, demonstrating that bay doesn't need a 9-figure budget to make a big action flick

btw, this is actually a remake of a danish film from 2005, but if they had called it "grand theft auto" instead of "ambulance", it would have been a more successful video game adaption than "uncharted" was

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Please don't watch this. It is not worth anyone's time or effort.

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It's been a long time since I've seen such a bad movie.

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This is one of those films that, after watching the trailer, you think it’s gonna be quite shitty, but you watch anyway because you like the actors and the director has made one or two decent films, but once the action starts, you tell yourself… yep! It’s a shitty film. I should’ve trusted my gut feeling.

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The biggest robbery here is that they got Jake to star in this crap

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Had a good, if stressful, time with this one. Definitely felt like Michael Bay had just discovered long sweeping drone shots though, but that did lead to some pretty cool looking shots and it definitely felt very Michael Bay. Overall much better than I thought it would be.

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Why oh why was this 145 mins long? It would have been ok at 90 minutes, but if you stretch "an ok movie" out so much more than it needs to be, it doesn't make it better Michael :-(

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Stupid rediculus piece of sh*t incoherent movie, huge waste of time

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Man, this movie was amazing! I understand some angles were a little off but the movie itself I think was so good! I watched it in theaters.

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Not a bad post - grammys movie, keeps you entertained with a great cops & robbers thrill ride.

I like to see movies like this every now and then.

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Somehow I have a feeling this takes place in LA.

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More than two hours of uneventful car chase are boring. Thin plot good for a 40 minutes TV episode, not for a full-length movie.

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another disappointment ,and another shit ending

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Can someone please take Michael Bay's drone away from him?

He did it again: another headache movie with nonsense transitions, chaotic sequences, and shaky cameras beyond the tolerable limit. I get it, the more the action, the more cameras will bounce around, and it is a good approach, in theory, but you need to apply in a coherent, logic way. Michael Bay instead loves to overload his direction with a lot of convulse shot, that often instead of keeping the action on, they break the rythm. They don't drive you in the action, they bounce you off, wondering for a second what is happening.
But this time this time he has outdone himself by adding an exaggerated amount of drone shots. Some were really cool, but the majority were just an unnerving and unnecessary flex.

In the end the story was not bad, but if I had known it was a Bay movie, I would have avoided it.

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I respect Michael Bay for still using mostly practical effects. It makes a huge difference in an action movie, even if the script is complete gargabe and the movie itself is way too long.

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Fantastic work from Michael bay with his cool camera effect tricks and action start to finish and good choice on casting because all did well, fun all the way through.

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This movie drowned in a sea of bank robbery cliché.

Action is good, the actors did good, but the story doesn't exist and the dialog was cringe inducing. The movie was way too long for what it was offering, and should have ended 45 minutes earlier.

Even though the action was entertaining and well done; after an hour of it, it gets boring and repetitive. The movie felt like someone buying the most expensive muscle car to compensate for other shortcomings.

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Chaotic is the right word to describe this film.

Really like taking shots with the drone, yes, even though it's a lot more ambiguous than cool.

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I thought this movie was entertaining on the whole although a little drawn out but the scenes were good and it didn't lose me too much. I love Jake and thought he made this movie as he often does

However I thought the hero-ization of Will just because he's ex military and needs money because of his family was annoying. Especially the cop at the end, I mean he was only in the situation because the guy shot him plus cops have an oath to serve the law so he's breaking that by making false testimony. Stupid really, he was a bad guy as much as his brother

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Now this was a great 2 hours. Mind the diziness from all the bird eye shots. otherwise great story action and acting.

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I don't get it. The acting was fine, the action was fine, the cinematography was good (maybe too many drone shots), the effects were good (mostly), and they obviously had a big budget. How can the writing be so bad? Does this even had a writer or they just got drunk and they wrote down what would look cool and that's it? It's entertaining enough if you don't think about it at all, but is that really enough?

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excellent movie a lot of action and persecution .. I recommend it :thumbsup_tone2:

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Gotta love the token gay stuff just tossed randomly into everything these days. Cringe woke virtue signalling aside, it's not the worst movie to kill time with.

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Like a near perfect dump, this only gets sloppy at the end.

Ambulance proves yet again that Michael Bay really knows what he's doing when it comes to action movies. Ambulance is basically an upgraded Speed, with better actors, better script, better directing and, of course, Jake Gyllenhaal.

It's the epitome of a popcorn flick because it pops at the beginning but has too much corn at the end.

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I had so much fun watching this on imax.
I am telling you, if you go in with zero expectations and just let the movie wash over you, you'll have a great time.
Enjoy the latest installment of Jake Gyllenhaal Unhinged and have some fun

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The drone footage shots got me turning my neck. Hah hah! Good movie tho

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BlockedParent2022-05-02T22:52:54Z— updated 2022-05-18T22:59:04Z

Besides being a thrilling high octane chase movie there is not much here.

While this could be considered as one of Bay his better movies, maybe on par with 'The Island', it still inherits a lot of the flaws that plague many of Bay his films. Especially the editing is of horrendous quality not usually seen with directors and editors with this level of experience. Story is razor thin and of course character writing is non-existent.
95% of the movie is fast paced action that can best be described as an extended theatrical cut of a (good) GTA (Grand Theft Auto) mission.
Where Bay does (not totally unexpected) excel with 'Ambulance' is in the relentless action pounding your screen scene after scene, without giving much room to breathe. And it does create an effective thrill for a big part of the movie. Although there are moments when the lack of more calmer parts start to wear you down.
It is also quite fun to see the actors, especially Gyllenhaal, are having a lot of fun with the material.

The result is still a thrilling, perhaps even entertaining, experience that will probably be forgotten by most in the foreseeable future.

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I didn’t realize this was actually a Michael Bay movie until the end during that terrible ending when my brain and the ending credits said “ directed by michael bay “ at the same time.

Worst camera work of all time. Good action movie with lots of loud noises and dumbness but way too long and exhausting to watch.

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this is better than john wick movie.

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What's with the hate? It's a Michael Bay film damn it, extremely high octane, anxiety inducing and just pure fun.

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:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: - An ordinary film about a robbery that goes wrong, but somehow the film is different and better. Certainly a high action film that has an interesting and unique cinematography. I thoroughly enjoyed it though. If you like action films, then this is a must-see!

10:heart:- Masterpiece :100:
9:heart:- Excellent
8:heart: - Amazing :ok_hand:
7:heart:- Great :sun_with_face:
6:heart: - Good :thumbsup:
5:heart: - Average :head_bandage:
4:heart: - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3:heart: - Bad :sob:
2:rage:- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:face_with_symbols_over_mouth: - Bull Shit

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Michael Bay and his crew stole 136 minutes of my life. I don’t recommend this movie

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I don't mind watching some mindless action films but this one, oh man...

From the direction, to the camera movements, to the dialogues, to the acting, to the characters, to the gratuitous virtue signaling, to the action itself... everything is irritating.

Why is everyone a "smart ass" spitting out the most non-sense "I'm a though motherfucker" sentences?

Why every single sentence has a "joke" in it? Why is everyone trying to be funny with the saddest, not funny comedy ever?

Why is every cop trying to fking sabotage themselves and trying to commit suicide by voluntarily driving into walls, trucks and throwing themselves off every possible road or ramp?
Nobody pushes them, nobody cuts them off and yet... there's a cliff or a wall? let's fucking goooo baby!

As I said. Everything is irritating. I couldn't watch till the end.

Buddy, it's ok... you've had your time, now it's time to give up directing.

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Rated a Connor 10, normal 8

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A fast-paced Michael Bay film like you'd expect.

The start of the intense heist reminded me of Die Hard, especially Jake Gyllenhaal reminded me of Hans Gruber. Followed by an exciting chase, somewhat reminding me of Speed.

Really enjoyed it for the most part, towards the end the pace goes down and I didn't care much for the emotional cards they played. I guess the ending as a whole was a bit unsatisfying but I still got a good 2 hours of fun, I'd recommend it if you don't mind a little silly Bay movie.

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omg, so much (medical) errors

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Out of all the recent Michael Bay movies, this movie and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi are his better ones.

Ambulance is a thrilling movie, as it will keep you entertained throughout. The way the camera moves around the action scenes is so batshit insane, but I loved it.

However, the film can be extremely cheesy and forced at times. I feel that this will appeal to American audiences more.

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Even though I don't like many of his movies from "Transformers" on, I wouldn't say that Michael Bay is necessarily a bad director. "Ambulance" is a good example of that as well: there are some really cool camera angles and some breathtaking practical stunts. Bay has always been among the best in this regard. Unfortunately, the director's weaknesses once again make for a mixed film experience. The characters are one-dimensional, the story is nonsense, some of the dialogue is incredibly stupid, and Bay's attempts to inject humor into the film are doomed from the start. And, while the action is quite impressive, it gets a bit tiring over the entire runtime of more than two hours. What remains is an entertaining, if not exactly great, film. At the very least, it's one of Bay's better efforts.

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What a shitty film. Makes no sense, not worth the watch

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Almost decent until it wasn't. There were some exciting scenes but overall they totally botched it specially the ending which for me brought my rating down tremendous. I hate happy ending if it isn't realistic. And this one wasn't even close.

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This is Michael Bay at his most Michael Bay-est. Minimal plot (bordering on none), a camera constantly in motion (half of the movie must have been shot with drones), flipped cars, insanely bad dialog, shootouts, hyper-masculine stereotyped leads, a bloated runtime...it's got it all. But unlike some of his other messes (Transformers series, looking at you), this is watchable due to the frenetic pace, loudness of it all, and watching Jake Gyllenhaal do his best Nic Cage impression for the entire film. This is absolutely a terrible movie, but it's a very engaging piece of trash.

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I only watched this for the How Did This Get Made podcast. So incredibly stupid and headache-inducing.

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It's nice to see Bay settle back into his comfort zone with these pulse-pounding, sweaty, stylish action spectacles. His Speed reduxe is highly satisfying, with some great chemistry between the leads. These are the kind of original action flicks I want us to get back to.

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BlockedParent2023-02-24T05:53:38Z— updated 2023-11-29T16:11:37Z

6/10
Fair movie but no way in
Hella could I sit through it again. Had to grind
70 percent of it out,
It was just on for way way to long for the story it was telling, then I saw it was
A Michael Bay movie
Which explained everything that had me scratching my head all the way through.
Great performances
all round albeit over the top, things and decisions that made absolutely no sense, and those big open world drone shots and slow motion shots were just way over used as always by the big man.
No clear person to root for and motives that switched on a dime,
No Way those cops would have dragged that out all that time especially with so many cops and civilians all caught up, but whatever
And letting Will
bleed out at the end
No that's also murder
Regardless of circumstances.
And that money thing at the end was when my disbelief became completely
unsuspended ,
The gang thing,
The cop fingering
Who actually shot him.
It was all just typical Michael stuff
all the way through.
Was it good yes,
but none of it was great.

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Michael Bay is always going to undeniably be Michael Bay. BIG action defines everything he does and this is not much of an exception. While it is not Transformers, it is a heist thriller with bigger moments than these films typically have. If you are a fan of what he does, you will surely enjoy this film!

Rating: 3/5 - 7.5/10 - Worth Watching

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The cops were really going to let Will bleed out on the concrete, huh? I'm pretty sure that's illegal.

In any case, this is another preposterous Michael Bay clusterfuck, with unnecessary camera drones scaling the goddamn buildings and then swooping down like Superman for no reason. That said, hell, if Jake Gyllenhaal is in it, sign me up. It was entertaining and, numerous plot holes aside, the film wrapped a bow on things by the end. Great performances from both Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and I was glad to see Garrett Dillahunt from "Fear the Walking Dead" land a fairly high-profile role in a blockbuster.

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It is a good chase movie.

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Michael Bay does not disappoint: shootings, chases, explosions, flying cars, weird camera movements.

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It's embarrassing how bad it is. script problem, the camera man is high, full of continuity errors, the protagonists according to the script are specialists and very intelligent, when on screen they are dumb as a door, three hundred and fifty million shots are fired, but apparently only one catches on who and guess who, on the poor thing who fights with his brother in the middle of escaping from robbing banks without taking into account the family that is at home waiting for him and that instead of him doing everything to make it work he even as if it were the greatest banality on earth that whole situation. but everything is fine. I confess that it was difficult to finish this shit.

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Another Michael Bay film with unnecessary character bonding moments that mean nothing minutes later, and sort of spastic drone shots across the film. It's as if someone had just learned how to film stuff with drones but the use of those crazy camera angles only make headaches. Lots of dialogues between characters that don't really contribute to the whole film as a whole. Characters making weird decisions that don't really make sense for their survival.

The claustrophobic setting is an interesting premise though. So is the mobile surgery - it's the highlight of the film. Some of the drone shots are also cool. Sadly three of them are not utilized to its fullest potential.

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It’s like a drone training film, I think the drone shots maybe a bit over the top, I got motion sickness. Apart from that it wasn’t bad.

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With all my sympathy for those old thoroughbred action movies,shooting like this now,well,I don’t know,is it necessary to do something ironic?Well, in addition to the chase and the sickeningly rotating camera,there is a conditional cliched plot and stupid dialogues of cardboard characters.I didn’t watch the original,but I condemn the remake.The whole movie was waiting for the ambulance to turn into a robot

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Who gave Michael Bay the idea for drones, come on man!

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I thought it was a remake of a 1990 movie with Eric Roberts, but it's a remake of a Danish movie. However, I watched and I will say that great action cinema. And for these pseudo-critics: no one tells you to watch Bay's movies, simple.

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The words needed to describe how stupid, boring, annoying and irritating horrible this movie is doesn't exist yet. I really wish producers and movie studios stopped giving Michael Bay the money and gave it to charity instead.

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Ambulance is stylishly shot but the dialogue is ridiculous and so is the plotting. It's a Michael Bay movie, in other words.

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Those who are complaining about the movie need to consider that:
its a Bay film.

So what did you expect ? if you expect anything other than no brain script, a lot of action and explosions a new megan fox who she is looking like she is going to a photoshoot, some nice humour relief moments then they should stop watching movies they do not know what are about.

Very entertaining.

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This movie is insufferably woke, insultingly stupid, and cliche beyond parody. Of course, it is directed by Michael Bay. These facts become apparent halfway through the movie but since I was on a transcontinental flight I watched this two hour long car crash of a movie to its conclusion. The progagonist is a cartoonish moral crusader bank robber who is as infalliable as he is completely unrealistic. His evil sidekick, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is similarly of cartoonishly one-dimensional moral composition. Skip this movie unless you are nine years old, are a functionally retarded adult, or you think Crash is nuanced.

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Despite being one of Michael Bay’s better movies. Even with non-stop explosions, he still thinks everything he makes should be an epic.
The movie didn’t have to be 2 hours 16 minutes. Though I suppose we’re lucky Bay didn’t make it even longer.
The cast is at least perfect. Where they always keep your attention even if Bay drags out stories too long. That his movies aren’t as good as they are in the beginning, by the end.

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It's a B action movie on a A budget. I think it would be better if it was 40 minutes shorter. I enjoyed the first part of the movie but then it started to drag and got pretty boring to be honest.

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That’s a lot of drones. A lot more than in Armageddon, and that one was in space.

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Turn your brain off and (maybe) you can watch it

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It's pretty much the same as Speed 1994 but in an ambulance. Decent, but way too long.

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cinematography and editing are ugly and nauseating

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This film is actually pretty damn funny. It's pretty much if you take John Q + Heat + Michael Bay, and mash them together. I can't tell if it's intentional or not, but it's hilarious. This movie is so damn cheesy, but in a good way...I think? With all Michael Bay films, you have to put aside any sense of reality. Gyllenhaal was so funny in this; he plays a good villain-type. He's perfect as a charismatic psychopath, who can be hilarious, but also terrifying, while still endearing enough that you kind of want to root for him.

I know there's no use in trying to critique a movie like this, but here goes. I thought some of the drone shots were cool, but they kept going to that move over and over. The editing ended up being choppy as hell. I also don't know how they stretched this movie into 2hrs16 min.

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Started off really good and then got bogged down in an endless car chase for 80% of the movie.
Leave logic at the door and it'll help. Bringing in the Mexican's was idiotic and added zero to the movie.
Typical Hollywood ending.
Worth watching though.
7.5/10

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Ambulance is a striking , no nonsense actioner which doesn't let you flinch. With due credits to Michael Bay's astounding treatment, Ambulance provides the right amount of adrenaline you seek when you plan to watch action on screen.

Full Review : Instagram @stream.genx

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Very predictable, I thought there was gonna be something else, but just same thing, but included some agenda stuff, Garbage !!

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pretty mediocre i would say. a lot of cliche shot & run scene, cops running after thieves etc. 5/10 on a good day. i would not rewatch it.

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BlockedParentSpoilers2022-06-17T15:58:07Z

Outside of the excessive copganda in the movie, the weak scripting and super-cliche typecasting of non-White people in the movie, it was a nice chance to see how many lens flares you can throw into one film. I think the most enjoyable parts of the film were watching Gyllenhaal and Abdul-Mateen II banter back and forth. I actually believed that they enjoyed each other's company at one time, but that's probably the most convincing part of the movie. Like all of LAPD is not going to mobilize over how much they spend in a month from a bank heist, lol.


(Originally posted at https://jacky.wtf/2022/6/4KKK)

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What a shit movie this was... 90 minutes wasted in "ambulance driving around LA" + bunch of continuity errors, weird camera work...

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"This is cashmere!"

For as much crap as Michael Bay gets, he knows how to film action. This feels like a modernized 90's action flick and I mean that in the best way possible. Could it have been shorter and the story be a little tighter? Absolutely. Jake Gyllenhaal seemed to have a lot of fun with this and brings his A-game, which is what bumps up the movie for me.

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BlockedParentSpoilers2022-06-04T04:22:24Z

Good movie overall. I do feel like it was dragged on a bit. Characters out side the brothers felt incomplete and borderline pointless. Introduced the agent as gay but that played no part in the story. Introduced the paramedic and how no one wanted to be her partner but no back story. Really no concrete idea what was wrong with his wife besides she needs surgery. Many characters with one fact about them but nothing else.

It was a very well produced movie. Jake and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II did fantastic. Pretty neat drone shots but slightly overused. Film was worth one watch but that’s about it.

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It’s two hours of mindless entertainment. Typical Michael Bay crap. I don’t understand how that guy keeps getting money to make movies.

Anyway if you want to turn off your brain & escape for couple hours in to stupidity land; this movie is for you.

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This movie made me dizzy

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Michael Bay has proofed timetraveling: 90s Actionmovies arrived in 2022

Very enjoyable, fun, Popcorn Boom Boom Film

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very michael bay, very michael bay found out drones are a thing. worth it for jake's performance and yahya's beautiful talented face alone, plus the leading woman does a fairly convincing paramedic! but despite that it's still a pretty mediocre film compared to other films the leads have done. in terms of action, though? enjoyable.

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As if they were ever gonna get away in that spray painted ambulance :joy::joy::joy: Still a decent watch.

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The heist portion of this movie felt like it had potential, but things quickly fall apart once our protagonists enter the titular ambulance. The writing struggles to maintain tension in the single location format. The action is all forced Michael Bay-isms, taking any excuse to give us slow-mo jumps and explosions, even if they feel out of place. It doesn't help that the bulky ambulance doesn't exactly lend itself to the classic car chase formula. The movie tries unsuccessfully to make characters out of the pursuing cops/agents, but really their scenes just provide filler to space out what little plot exists inside the ambulance. On top of that, the actual mechanics of the chase are completely nonsensical, which paints these cops/agents as incompetent, even as the movie tries to characterize them in other ways. All in all, the premise feels like a superficial excuse for an uninspired action film. As an aside, I think Michael Bay must have recently discovered drones, because nearly every establishing shot in the film is drone footage. It was noticeably repetitive and got a little old.

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I had to rate this a 6 (fair). Despite the beautiful special effects and all the action scenes; the movie was way too long than it needed to be. Disappointed by the ending. Don't watch this movie expecting anything other than great special effects.

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Well it was dumb fun...
The Horrible & basic writing keeps it from being a movie you can take seriously or anything good...
None of the character choices made sense
The camera work gave me an absolute headache...Michael Bay thinking he's a visionary or something cus he got drones -_-
Also I find it impressive that absolutely NONE of the jokes landed in this movie - like whew mate felt like they were trying to do Marvel humor or something

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Not as bad as others make it out to be. I liked the concept of essentially one long police chase while trying to keep someone alive. Lots of tension. I think Michael Bay found his new Megan Fox in Eiza.

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i know, why should i expect something when seeing the plot. but not even the action is super nice. some drone flights cut mid scene, fast cutting everywhere. but i was very surprised by the horror part in the ambulance, didnt expect that. but michael bay has lost his charme. at least the other movies were fun, this is is just boring.

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Well. Nothing new in this movie, action-packed. If you are bored then this movie is for you. Do not have high expectations.

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Who directed this shit show?

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Amazing movie that brings multiple different feelings and takes the breath away till the end!!

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Overall not bad but...Those drone shots looked terrible.

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Boring to be honest. Not very good actors supporting

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