Review of Ambulance (2022) by Healingtoolbox — 11 Apr 2022
Made by and for adrenaline junkies. If that's you, knock yourself out for 136 minutes. You'll feel like you spent a week in the Ukraine war on the ground, as a civilian, facing gunfire from both sides. Matt Belloni asked a question on this. If Ambulance did not break into double digit millions on its US opening weekend (it did not) could this be the end of the Bay mystique (outside of the Transformers franchise)? Yup, it seems.
I believe if you are tired of boys with toys fighting unnecessary real wars, you are also tired of boys with toys fighting fake, pointless wars on screen.
What surprised me was how unnecessarily long it is. Ten minutes of long shots of cars driving and screeching could easily have been cut out. Establishing shots wern't needed; it takes place within two square miles. If Bay was asking audiences, "Do you still like violent, amoral shoot-em-ups with no learning and few redeeming aspects?" I believe the answer is, "No, we've had enuf." Redeeming aspects? Eiza Gonzalez, she plays this role like Michelle Rodriguez and does indeed "hold the movie together from the back seat.
This review of Ambulance (2022) was written by Healingtoolbox on 11 Apr 2022.
Ambulance has generally received mixed reviews.
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