Many say that this was Bay’s “return to form”. In the cinematography you could see his influence with the aerial shots and helicopter usage. At times I thought I was watching Bad Boys.
This heist movie was formulaic in the screenplay. It was a typical plot with nothing that was particularly original, but I still enjoyed the high action and suspenseful ride.
I liked the diverse casting of Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza González. There was descent character development for the three main leads but I would have liked a bit deeper dive to have really been able to connect to each to them. Gyllenhaal commanded the screen as Danny Sharp; he was tactical, vicious, and was a force to be reckoned with. He gave a wide range in his performance which I really enjoyed. Yahya, whom I’ve seen in a number of different roles now, gave me a different side to himself by playing Will Sharp. He did great at playing the more kindhearted, down on his luck, wrong guy in the wrong place. Eiza who played EMT Cam Thompson, one of the only females in the film, gave a strong performance, she held her own, and she was resourceful and brave.
Ambulance reminded me of The Town mixed with Cut Throat City. It was a bit slow moving at times, I felt like they could have cut some of the chase sequences out altogether and I wasn’t entirely pleased with the end. Even though I wanted a bit more closure there I was still pleasantly surprised by the quality of this film.
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