Ambulance 2021 by AverageMansReviews

Ambulance 2021 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/medical/impaling/running over/broken

Today is going to be a long day: now because this storyline is straightforward I am going to put things like this. Danny Sharpe [Jake Gyllenhaal] has lined up this bank job with these other criminals, but his brother Will Sharp [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II] needs a large sum of money, not for himself but his family, so Danny asks his brother to come with him on this job which is worth $32 million But not everything goes according to plan as they hijack this Ambulance; driven by EMT Scott [Colin Woodell] until he gets removed from his seat and the Ambulance Will takes over. But throughout this hostile takeover by Danny and Will; EMT Cam Thompson [Eiza González] is busy trying to save the life of LAPD Officer Zack [Jackson White.]

The pacing for this 136 minutes film is yes quick paced and lots and lots of action, but if you have seen any of this Director's films [Michael Bay] he just basically follows his usual formula of film directing, big loud action, with some form of slow motion sequence [in this case bullets.] I mean don't get me wrong he has come out with some positive film titles, but as you will clearly see they were many, many years ago in Bad Boys 1995 The Rock 1996 and Armageddon 1998 [he also was one of the Producers for this project and just for the record he is also one of the Producers and Directed this project I am currently reviewing.] I think the fairest assessment of Michael Bay is based on these titles, he summed up mid to late 1990s with his directing style. But obviously there is now one big problem and it is this; it isn't the 1990s any more and since then of what I have heard, but more importantly seen have been few and far between of being positive, like for example as I am a child from the 1980s, he has mentally scarred me for life for what he has done to the Transformers live-action film franchise; Bumblebee 2018 was positive [Bay Films was one of the production companies involved] and if once wasn't enough he had a second go with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 [one of the Producers] and likewise for the sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 2016, but in fairness and balance this was much better than its predecessor.

But back to this project we have this comedy component from time to time making popular culture references and in this example it perfectly highlights/reinforces the age gap between LAPD Officer [Mark Cedric Sanders] and his fresh out of the academy LAPD Officer Zack partner where the older makes reference to The Rock film, but Zack has basically no idea what he is talking about, so he talks about The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] the film star, wrestler first and then film star [he puts things this way,] a resuscitate machine scene sexual references, there is this lovely big dog by the name of Nitro it is always fun to have him on screen or Captain Monroe [Garret Dillahunt] makes reference to him or speaks to him [on looking for this dog's I found out that this dog belongs to Michael Bay] to other examples

The character developments and the performances are what they are; you know what I mean, I can't really criticise them because they are solid versions of what they are meant to be.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; to be more precise as I have already made reference to this is what I have come to expect from Michael Bay and we never find out what happens to these characters and finally there was absolutely no point adding on this storyline bit about EMT Cam Thompson, because it is a big storyline that needs more time and substance, but after this scene there is one more scene and that is the end of the film, so this is a waste of time and a rubbish ending altogether really do this film.