Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza González, Garret Dillahunt, Jackson White, Moses Ingram, Keir O’Donnell | Written by Chris Fedak | Directed by Michael Bay
Remaking a foreign language movie might seem like an unusual step for master-of-mayhem Michael Bay, but that’s what’s happened with his latest movie Ambulance, which is based on the 2005 Danish thriller Ambulancen. In fairness, Bay’s idea of a remake is basically just to make it an hour longer and add explosions, so it’s pretty much business as usual, comprising 136 minutes of action and chaos.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays former soldier Will Sharp, who’s struggling to pay the mounting medical bills for his wife’s (Moses Ingram) upcoming operation. In desperation, he turns to his ne’er-do-well brother, Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal), who somewhat implausibly recruits him for a 32 million heist that’s happening in about thirty minutes’ time.
Will reluctantly agrees, but the heist goes sideways,...
Remaking a foreign language movie might seem like an unusual step for master-of-mayhem Michael Bay, but that’s what’s happened with his latest movie Ambulance, which is based on the 2005 Danish thriller Ambulancen. In fairness, Bay’s idea of a remake is basically just to make it an hour longer and add explosions, so it’s pretty much business as usual, comprising 136 minutes of action and chaos.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays former soldier Will Sharp, who’s struggling to pay the mounting medical bills for his wife’s (Moses Ingram) upcoming operation. In desperation, he turns to his ne’er-do-well brother, Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal), who somewhat implausibly recruits him for a 32 million heist that’s happening in about thirty minutes’ time.
Will reluctantly agrees, but the heist goes sideways,...
- 6/29/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
So, from this film’s title, you’re thinking it’s a “fly on the wall” documentary with the filmmakers doing a “ride-along” with EMTs on a typical day, full of drama and danger, right? Or maybe it’s a docudrama following a young emergency worker going from their training and studies right up to the first week of their hospital assignment (with maybe a romance with another “lifesaver”). Well, I can give a big “nope” to both presumptions. Sure, the title vehicle is the main focus of this film, but it’s the kind of loud, noisy, frenetic action thriller that we usually get sometime in the Summer. And was a multiplex staple of the 90s. Well just coincidentally this flick is directed by the “unofficial kingpin” of those blockbusters from that era. So clear the aisle in the theatre and make room for a very fast Ambulance.
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- 4/8/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the sequel to the last big blockbuster before the pandemic, opens this weekend, keeping a steady stream of dollars into the theatrical marketplace with an estimated opening of 50 million-plus, and possibly 60M.
The first movie in February 2020 broke the video game feature adaptation curse for the genre, opening to 58M over 3 days, 70M over four, and winning over die-hard fans of the Sega character. In landing a new franchise, Paramount wasn’t going to mess up the second time around and kept director Jeff Fowler on board as well screenwriters Pat Casey and John Miller, with the addition of John Whittington.
The increased stakes for the sequel come with the expansion of Sonic universe with characters Knuckles, voiced by Idris Elba, and Tails, voiced by one of the video game’s iconic voiceover performers, Colleen O’Shaughnessey. That latter piece of casting goes a long way with Sonic devotees.
The first movie in February 2020 broke the video game feature adaptation curse for the genre, opening to 58M over 3 days, 70M over four, and winning over die-hard fans of the Sega character. In landing a new franchise, Paramount wasn’t going to mess up the second time around and kept director Jeff Fowler on board as well screenwriters Pat Casey and John Miller, with the addition of John Whittington.
The increased stakes for the sequel come with the expansion of Sonic universe with characters Knuckles, voiced by Idris Elba, and Tails, voiced by one of the video game’s iconic voiceover performers, Colleen O’Shaughnessey. That latter piece of casting goes a long way with Sonic devotees.
- 4/6/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever.
In this breakneck thriller from director-producer Michael Bay, decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t—his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million. With his wife’s survival on the line, Will can’t say no.
But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace Emt Cam Thompson onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never stops, Will and Danny must evade a massive, city-wide law enforcement response, keep their hostages alive, and somehow try not to kill each other, all while executing the most insane escape L.A. has ever seen.
In this breakneck thriller from director-producer Michael Bay, decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t—his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million. With his wife’s survival on the line, Will can’t say no.
But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace Emt Cam Thompson onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never stops, Will and Danny must evade a massive, city-wide law enforcement response, keep their hostages alive, and somehow try not to kill each other, all while executing the most insane escape L.A. has ever seen.
- 10/27/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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