Ambulance (2022)
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Two adoptive brothers must navigate a high-stakes police chase after a bank heist goes wrong and they hijack an ambulance.
The story
Afghanistan Marine veteran Will Sharp, desperate to fund his wife's surgery, agrees to act as the getaway driver for his adoptive brother Danny during a $32 million bank heist. The operation takes a turn when a police officer enters the bank and is taken hostage. After a shootout and a pursuit by the LAPD's Special Investigation Section, the brothers flee and hijack an ambulance containing a paramedic and an injured officer. The film follows the intense, high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles as the group attempts to escape the police while dealing with the escalating tension between the brothers and the medical staff.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Will Sharp, a veteran, joins his brother Danny for a $32 million bank heist to fund his wife's surgery. The heist is compromised when Officer Zach is caught and held hostage. After a shootout with the LAPD's Special Investigation Section, the brothers flee and hijack an ambulance carrying EMT Cam Thompson and the injured Zach. As they are pursued by helicopters and police, Cam performs emergency surgery on Zach while the brothers navigate a chaotic escape. The plot involves various complications, including a deal with a criminal contact named Pori, a series of decoys, and a final confrontation at a hideout. During the chaos, Cam accidentally shoots Will, and Danny discovers the truth. In the final moments, Will shoots and kills Danny to stop him from a final confrontation with the police. The film ends with Will being taken for surgery while Cam gives the heist money to Will's wife, and Zach tells police that Will saved his life.
- First release year
- 2022
- Runtime (minutes)
- 136
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Michael Bay
- Writers
- Chris Fedak · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Jake Gyllenhaal · Will Sharp; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II · Danny; Eiza González · Cam Thompson; Jackson White · Zach
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- brotherhood; sacrifice
- Tone and mood
- tense; action-packed
- Premise and plot tags
- heist; chase; medical
- Source material / true-story basis
- 2005 Danish film
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics, with some praise for Gyllenhaal's performance and the action sequences. It was considered a box-office bomb in some reports but found success on streaming platforms.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 68% · scale: percentage · review count: 256; PostTrak · score: 77% · scale: percentage
- Production trivia
- The film was originally set to be released on February 18, 2022.; The production borrowed six ambulances from Falck.; The helicopter chase sequence in the Los Angeles River was not in the script.
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