what's going on it's all my movie fans out there and welcome back to my channel movie files elliott
back again with a brand new movie review and today we're breaking down the new michael bay
action film by the name of ambulance which will be coming to theaters this weekend i
got the opportunity to check it out in theaters the other night and i'mma let you all know what
i thought about this action film and if it's worth your time all in this spoiler-free review before
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with michael bay himself are you a fan of his work and if so what's your top three michael bay films
but let's talk about this film in particular were you excited for it once you've seen it what do
you think i want to talk pros cons your favorite moments least favorite moments and everything in
between in the comments below so for me personally i'm not gonna lie i enjoy michael bay films for
the most part i'm a big bad boys fan i enjoy the rock armageddon i had fun with transformers one
and being from chicago the dark side of the moon and even an underrated film like 13 hours pain and
gain i enjoy his films for the most part but i'm not gonna lie he has some pretty trash movies like
some of those transformers sequels were absolute trash that movie he did on netflix a couple years
ago what was it six underground pure garbage in my opinion but i'll say this about michael bay
i like that he has a distinct style you know when you're getting into a michael bay film right
i think of him morning scorsese you know quentin taratino christopher nolan just to name a few they
have a distinct style and i always appreciate that versus like sometimes you go and watch a movie and
be like wait who directed this they pretty much tried to rip off some of those directors i just
meant in regards to emulating them so i appreciate you know what you're getting with him and he has
a style but i want to start this off with this review positively speaking in regards to things
i didn't expect from this film starting off with having some heart caring for the characters and
introducing them to the audience starting off with yaya abdul matina ii who just a side note here
i'm a big fan of his work sky's the limit when it comes to his career i see multiple oscars
in his future but putting that aside will sharpes his character and immediately when you meet him i
sympathize for him i cared for him i was rooting for him you see that he's a veteran he has this
bad string of luck recently he is a caring husband a caring father and you can see his motives you
know what drives him to the decisions that he makes in his film so i appreciated that narrative
match that with issa gonzalez who i'm a fan of her work so far and just seeing her as cam
this young emt who is someone you think of one thing you meet him like oh that's not what i
initially thought and then by in the film she to me she has the most growth in her character and i
really enjoyed her narrative and speaking about caring and sympathizing very early on the movie
she has this scene with this young girl and i'm thinking to myself like i did not expect to care
and have these emotional reactions so early on this movie and then match that with jake
gyllenhaal who i'm a big fan of his work i think he's one of the best actors working in hollywood
he plays a danny sharp who's this expert bank robber and he is just there's always that type of
character in the michael bay film which i think michael bay tries to put like a little bit of
himself in some of his characters like this rock star this character that's chaotic and crazy but
with the way jake gyllenhaal plays his character he's very charismatic i really enjoyed his
character and i thought that he was just having a blast in the role and i was having fun with him so
just performance wise very engaging endearing very charismatic and i thought the trio you know
just pairing these uh these actors together number one yaya and jake gyllenhaal as these two brothers
they were very believable it reminded me a little bit of mark wahlberg's four brothers where there
were brothers that love each other care for each other would do anything for each other
but there's some beef there's some tension there's some unease between that relationship so i enjoyed
their chemistry as brothers and then throw in issa gonzalez in that trio i really enjoyed the
performances i thought they had good chemistry and i was very engaged with their performances which
also i don't want to leave out the supporting cast i had fun with them i think of an actor like
garrett dillahunt who plays captain monroe i had fun with him so i thought performance wise i was
very engaged and also speaking of things i didn't expect in this film by no means am i comparing
this movie to the quality of this next film here but it reminded me a lot of when i'm referring to
the pacing and the movement the film is constantly moving it's high obtained action
it reminded me of mad max fury road which is one of my favorite films of all time again i'm not
comparing this film to the quality of that film but it reminded me of how fast we're moving we're
constantly on the move and i was very impressed by that and also it has some you know some shades of
michael mann's heat as well as brianna reeves andrew bullock's uh speed so it has
some of those similarities but again the action which i'm gonna get into here in a little bit
very entertaining which actually brings me to going to things i come to expect from michael bay
film the action is off the chains like it's edge of your seat action regardless of how you feel
about michael bay and his baism this man knows how to shoot action he knows how to build tension
this was a roller coaster of a ride like literally you're just like i'm sitting there like shaking
into my seat like i felt visceral emotions being a part of the action which i thought was some of
the best action i've seen all year so again if you love action you're really going to be entertained
and very engaged and maybe even exhausted at points by the action in this film and also there
were a couple standout scenes without giving too much away that i did not expect coming like wtf
moments for me one involves a surgery and another one involves this diversion which i thought was
like whoa we're getting serious and we're getting kind of dark here so i will applaud those two
particular scenes when you see the film you'll know exactly what i'm talking about so let's
talk about my criticisms now again this is a silly dumb fun action movie and
when i go into those movies i shut the brain off i leave it at the front door
but sometimes the brain clicks back on and there's just moments in this film that just logically
didn't make sense from a script perspective from a logical perspective from decisions that the
characters make it's just like wait why is this character here why are they stopping right now
why is this happening right now so there are moments in the script that i felt like it just
didn't make any sense so i will just say it when it comes to that uh aspect of the film and also if
i'm being honest i mentioned how jake gyllenhaal is like this expert bank robber and he does do
some things that are very intelligent in this film but there are moments where i'm like wait
he's supposed to be an expert i'm gonna be honest with you all the whole bank robbery
the plan was f from the jump like his crew that he had seemed like this is their first time doing
that and it was just decisions like wait how are you all expecting to get away with that
robbery again goes back to my logic point that i mentioned as far as criticisms some of the stuff
just didn't make sense in regards to the plan at hand especially with this expert bank robber
but that was something that annoyed me which speaking of annoying this was just a small nitpick
the film gives you a reason that at a certain point they're the the characters aren't mysterious
like they know at a certain point of film who these people are but there are moments where i'm
just like why do you keep saying your name why are you giving the characters your whole backstory it
was just very annoying like you're supposed to be bank robbers but they know your whole
life story it was kind of annoying in regards to certain points in this film but getting into
a comment that i want to make here as far as as criticism michael bay a couple days ago mentioned
how he thought the visual effects were [ __ ] now listen he's a director he's also a producer so he
has skin in the game he has money in his film he can say that he has every right to say that as a
director and producer but i think that's the conversation you have behind closed doors so
i'm gonna put michael bay on blast here some of his direction was [ __ ] and particularly i know
michael bay because i used to watch a lot of his behind the scenes for those movies i mentioned at
the top of this review he likes to take control of the camera and shoot some of his own action
and i'm not gonna lie there were some shitty shots in this film in regards to the movement
of the camera some certain decisions that he made as director i thought was [ __ ] so if you want to
say that about your visual effects team i want to put that criticism on you as a director which by
the way there are i mentioned shots how i thought they were just kind of i feel kind of nauseous
watching this film there are these drone shots in this film like drone coverage and you could
to me i might be wrong but i feel like michael bay got this new drone camera that has super hd
quality 8k quality super high fast speed that he just wanted to use it on this film and he used it
like a kid with a brand new toy there were these shots especially at the beginning there's like
drone shots throughout the film which i thought were just kind of pointless but at the beginning
of the film when the bank robber's happening there's like these 15 20 like shots that are just
drone shots we're just like this is completely unnecessary so again goes back to just direction
decision and camera movement which sometimes i'm not the best but the last thing i want to mention
i thought the ending for my personal taste was a bit clumsy in its execution when we get to the
end of the film without giving anything away i thought the film tried to implement this
social commentary regarding police and not doing their job and not helping someone in need that i
felt was a little bit off and just wasn't handled properly in my opinion and just overall the lead
up to the ending was pretty intense and pretty you know tense filled and the tension was there but i
thought that the actual ending was just clumsy in this execution so before i give you all my overall
thoughts and let you know if i think it's worth taking your time to see it in theaters make sure
if you haven't already to like the review share it comment your thoughts in the comment section and
of course subscribe to the channel overall this is undoubtedly a michael bay film with high obtained
action explosion car chases some wild bits of comedy but also this film has heart charismatic
characters likable characters and very a lot of wtf moments in between it knows what it is it's
not pretending to be anything else and at the end of the day i go to see a horror film to be scared
i go to see a comedy to have a good laugh i go to see an action film to be entertained at the end of
the day i was thoroughly entertained and i'm gonna give this film a 3.5 out of five but hey that's my
thoughts i want to know yours in the comments once you've seen it from your pros your cons
favorite moments favorite characters what were some things that didn't work for you all let's
have a discussion in the comments and again top three michael bay films let's talk about that as
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