Ambulance (2022)

IMDb plot summary: Two robbers steal an ambulance after their heist goes awry.

Directed by Michael Bay. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Eiza González.

Ambulance is a crime thriller about two brothers whose attempted bank robbery goes wrong, leading them to hijack an ambulance as a getaway vehicle, with an injured police officer and an EMT inside. This is a Michael Bay film, which more often than not leads to a big "ugh, no" on my part, and I gotta say,  I rolled my eyes harder than anything at the characters name-dropping Bay's other movies multiple times, but other than that, I was pleasantly surprised with this one. It's an interesting concept, as the EMT tries to save the police officer's life despite less-than-ideal circumstances, but what really pushed it into compelling territory was Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Jake Gyllenhaal as our two male leads. Bay often attempts to convey male camaraderie and friendship in his films and this is one of his stronger showings, with the love these two characters have for each other despite their flaws shining through as the emotional thread holding the whole thing together. As a thriller, it's decent, with enough new set pieces and dramatic turns to keep my interest going, but it's, surprisingly, the relationships that drive the story, and they do all right.

How it entered my Flickchart:

Ambulance > Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)

Ambulance < Kuroneko

Ambulance < Die Hard

Ambulance < 1408

Ambulance < Summer of Soul

Ambulance > Gothika

Ambulance > Drunken Master

Ambulance < The Slipper and the Rose

Ambulance > Anonymous

Ambulance < Cat's Eye

Ambulance < Frequency

Ambulance > Mank

Final spot: #1764 out of 3721, or 53%.