If you don’t want to think too much and just want some over-the-top action from your moviegoing experience, then a Michael Bay release is always a good choice. The director, known for high-octane films ranging from “The Rock” to the “Transformers” series, is now ranked among the most successful directors in history when you look at box office receipts. That doesn’t mean every one of his projects is a commercial hit, though, and “Ambulance” is a good example of that.
The 2022 action thriller stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a desperate man who agrees to help his criminal adopted brother (Jake Gyllenhaal) rob a bank to help pay for his wife’s medical bills. As they make their escape from the bank, the brothers hijack an ambulance that contains an injured police officer and an EMT, embarking on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles.
An unmitigated disaster in terms of its commercial performance, “Ambulance” may have suffered because of competition from other movies released around the same time, including “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” as well as a flood of similarly styled action movies available to stream at home on Netflix. But if you are a fan of car chases and want Michael Bay at his no-holds-barred best, then “Ambulance” is certainly worth checking out.
