Ambulance (2022) - Movie Review
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- čas přidán 7. 04. 2022
- Ambulance is the latest film from Michael Bay. The movie is absolutely an adrenaline ride but do the explosions make up for the god-awful script?
#Ambulance #MichaelBay
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“That man saved my life”. Who? The guy that shot you and then dragged your ass around LA in an ambulance destroying half the city and LAPD? Good production, good acting and generally love Michael Bay movies but man this was some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen
Man I said the same shit. Such a stupid ass movie
I am very surprised to see so many people liking it. I could watch it a couple weeks ago, so not many reviews were out at that point, and after watching it I did not expect that not liking the movie would put me in the minority. But great for everyone who liked it of course.
I think the painful part was that the actors did a good job with their characters, so I did feel kind of invested in them, but the story was just insane. I personally was most frustrated with the insane amount of drone shots, but that whole section with the worst painted green ambulance ever was also a big joke. I am still confused if the idea was that it would not be recognisable anymore, or something else. Either way it was dump as hell. With movies like this I don't know what went on in the meeting room because so many of the idiotic things could have been fixed so easily. But fun to see a review with which I agree on this one, as always great work!
indeed a train wreck of a movie. really crazy script!
I liked it, in spite of Michael Bay falling back on his usual bad habits (shaky cam, too many closeup shots, not knowing how to cut action scenes so we know what the hell’s going on, too much bloat, too many characters and subplots, and bad comedy at inappropriate moments). I think if it were 30 minutes shorter, and gave more focus to the two main characters and more insight into their past and why Black Manta is so loyal to Donnie Darko, it would’ve made for a better movie, but what we got was fine. Not great, but fine.
Michael Bay doesnt care about character development. that isnt his style and why people enjoy his dumb movies.
Imagine the following: they had a chance to paint the van. Why not just tell the paramedic and the cop in one of the ambulance and tell her to drive to the nearest cop, meanwhile other diversions goes on. The robbers get in the gangsters car and flee.
i guess the hostages were still leverage? I thought the same. the movie was too stupid and I couldn't even see how they would get away. It was pointless.
Man .. Im sorry you didnt enjoyed it. Personally i had a blast with this movie. Thought it was awesome.
I will never get behind most Bay movies. They appeal to the lowest common denominator.
Was it as bad as the fanatic
What was your favorite part of the movie?
@@scottmoss1854 nothing is as bad as The Fanatic,new Texas M makes that look like a masterpiece
@@megamikethemovieman That part when a beautifull California Dreamin' cover starts playing... Awesome and funny.
Spot on review! My thoughts exactly! There were so many times I wanted to walk out. 30/45 mins too long!
Honestly I started laughing like crazy and enjoyed myself the most during the scene where Jake yells at Yahya in the ambulance: You were back there for 5 minutes and you punch the guy. The way he delivered that line was IMO the best scene in the movie.
Here’s a different angle to consider: I went to see this on Friday with my 14 year old son. He loved it. When I brought up my 3 biggest issues to him (Why did they need to paint the Ambulance green when just having a bunch of ambulances go in different directions was good enough? Why didn’t Jake wear a mask when he is so recognizable but then in other parts of the heist he slid one on? Why did the cop change his mind at the end and randomly decide to credit Ya Ya’s character with saving him? Seemed super forced) he said “Dad, nobody thinks of this stuff we just want a good time”
As a 34 year old movie fan, I was disappointed because there was a good movie in here somewhere with better writing and just a pinch more logic. But maybe Bay doesn’t care because in the end he knows we’ll pay for explosions as a society.
im glad they are able to turn off their brains
You said it! a 14 years old liked it!
The rational part of a teen's brain isn't fully developed and won't be until age 25 or so.
In fact, recent research has found that adult and teen brains work differently. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, the brain's rational part!
For having fun we don't need to switch off the logic!
A successful movie has all this characteristic,
If we have to switch off some part of our brain to enjoy something there is an issue right there!
In action movies they are entitled to act stupid once in awhile, but Michael Bay really is abusing the privilege.
@@Elle-xf8mw Perfectly worded my friend
People absolutely do think about this stuff. Even teens. I never cared for his movies even as a 14 yer old.
It was a strange experience for me. Because even though I cringed a lot with some camera work, dialogue and logic I found my self enjoying the hell out of it! I can't explain it myself but I was entertained through out the movie 😅
What was your favorite scene of the movie?
@@megamikethemovieman I liked when one of the cops at the beginning brought up how cool Sean Connery was in The Rock. Bay just had to toot his own horn there lol
@@dws0828 yes lots of Michael bay references. I reviewed the movie as well and have lots of other movie content on my channel, feel free to stop by to enjoy some videos my friend. I look forward to talking more movies with you over there.
I'm in the minority as well. I was rolling my eyes so hard, it felt like I was watching a damn F&F movie.
Lol I swear you “critics” will tear down any action movie that’s not comic book related..
@@slick_grimes7121 or ya know maybe we just have a different opinion than you do. Opinions are a thing ya know
movie was amazing and im black
@@treefiddy5424 do you think that's what she meant by "in the minority" or are you just fuckin around 😂
@@treefiddy5424 This movie was Trash
Hi Cody !
Great review 👍
I only watch these movies IF you recommend them because you've got a great taste when it comes to movies !
What I can always appreciate about bay’s films are the practical effects !
Your icon is hilarious!! You a big Starwars fan?
Ah Norman bates 😨
What you said about this movie at 1:41 is literally how I felt about Scream 5 back in January-February. Different films but I'm one of the minorities towards it.
Regardless I'm actually interested in Ambulance a lot. Really hoping to see that old school Bayhem magic again.
Thank god I’m part of that group lol, scream 5 was a huge disappointment as well as this movie too
13:09 the close up killed me, very funny.
I am seeing this movie tonight and either way I'f we agree or disagree I cant wait to hear your take. I always love hearing your thoughts even if its agree to disagree.I love all the content you've been doing keep up the amazing work man :)
I’m guessing your a fellow movie reviewer like me? :)
@@megamikethemovieman yes sir just subbed to your channel
@@natethegreatreviews Thank you, much appreciated.
Good review Cody 👍
Good review Cody I'll definitely wait till this gets on the streaming sites and just stream it I think Michael Bay need to take a break from movies for a while just a while
Great I now have that Team America theme tune stuck in my head 😑🤣 great review Cody! 👍 I'll wait to see this when it's much cheaper, not a big fan of Bay so not in any rush atm.
You a big fan of Team America?
@@megamikethemovieman I do enjoy it but then I like most of what Parker and Stone have done so I might be biased 🙂
@@namethestars it’s a funny movie. I have lots of movie content on my channel, feel free to stop by to enjoy some videos my friend. Look forward to having some fun movie discussions with you over there.
Hey Cody, if a horror production reached out to you and offered you a cameo similar to Dead Meat in Scream 5 would you do it? Especially if you weren’t sure yet how the movie would turn out?
Were you a fan of Scream 5?
@@megamikethemovieman it was alright. I’ll still always go see them regardless of quality though cause of nostalgia lmao
@@jeremyhill727 overall I enjoyed the movie myself, feel free to stop by my channel to enjoy my review. I look forward to having some fun movie conversations with you over there.
I guess that would depend on the movie.
Great review cody always respect your opinions. Can't wait to see this movie looks awesome. My favorite Michael bay movie is The Island highly underrated
What’s your 2nd favorite Bayhem movie?
@@megamikethemovieman 2nd favorite will probably be Bad boys 1&2 I count them as both
@@Tj82480 Those are both good! I have lots of movie content on my channel too, feel free to stop by to enjoy some videos my friend. I look forward to having more movie chats with you over there.
@@megamikethemovieman got yourself a subscriber
@@Tj82480 Thank you. Any videos you can play all the way through much appreciated in advance.
the convience of things in the story made my eyes roll. anything that happens one of our 3 leads can do it. No matter what.
I personally really loved this movie! I just saw it twice in the same day! I love the acting, premise, action, camerawork, highspeed chase etc. It gets a 8/10 for me. This was a solid review Cody.
Cody since this is about a car chase you think you can review the speed movies?
I had a lot of fun with this one but I will agree there are a few problems that you pointed out overall 8/10 for me
What is your way of life?
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Love the edits in this video man FUCK YEA!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥
This is one of those times I don't agree with you. Really liked this movie.
I seem to be in the minority on this one. Part of the beauty of being a movie fan. lol
The trailer felt too long to me, so I couldn't imagine sitting two hours through this film.
I think painting the ambulance green was supposed to be an homage to Grand Theft Auto. In GTA games, you can paint your car and the police will stop chasing you. The guy who brought the paint said "this is some Grand Theft Auto shit right here." This sounds like something Michael bay would do. I really liked the movie, it was nonstop Michael bay action, the acting was good, there as some sympathy of the characters, I never got bored and never had to check my watch.
When are you going to do the Wes Craven ranking?
Planned for Sunday
Hey Cody
How about reviewing The Exorcist television series that ran for two seasons?
Also, would you review Possession (1981) starring Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani
8:34 through 8:56 😂😂😂… thanks for this review Cody
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I like to think of this movie as Heat if it were followed by the 90 min chase after the bank heist from that film. I can sort of tell MB was inspired by that film since they both have shootouts at a bank.
I’ve seen the trailer a number of times. Not sure if I’ll check it out
I loved the AMBULANCE..planning to see it again..enjoyed every second of the film..especially that drone camera work..fantastic..
I will wait until I can stream it
Hey Cody. I was opening pokemon cards while watching the video. Then I pulled a super expensive Charizard card worth $180. I feel like you are a good luck charm.
Hey! A person that shares my hobby
Love the T-Shirt! Trick or Treat!
when ever comedy moments happened, you could hear people in my cinema groaned. lol
YOU FINALLY GOTTEN THAT TRICK OR TREAT T-SHIRT I SEE. 👀
Whaaat? I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish. I know I’ll be watching it another 5 times in theaters
Great movie!!!! Respect your reviews
The script wasn't "god awful", it was just presented in a different way, with the narration throughout the movie. We get so used to the way most movies are done, that something done out of the box, can't be appreciated like it should be. Honestly, I expected less, but got MORE! A great movie with a twist that'll just take time for some to "get". Five stars!!
It was just a bunch of set pieces strung together. The plot was paper thin.
13 Hours and Pain and Gain are my favorite Bay movies.
13 hours was pretty good. I enjoyed it quite a bit
13:10 Jesus Cody you actually scared me 😂😂😂
Dammit. Im standing here wondering if i should go check this shit out in the theatre or just wait for streaming.
Cody's Review wasnt enough?
Goddamn Zach Snyder and Michael Bay were probably goofing around in film school 😂. Beavis and Butthead
lol 🤣
Honestly, Michael Bay might be the only director that found something he was good at but doesn't improve with each movie he makes
I think they painted the ambulance green just to get through the initial road block. After that I think the police would find them
Couldn’t agree more. There logic behind how they were pulling off the heist was ridiculous.
The three main characters were the best part, especially Eiza's EMT, who actually goes through a character arc.
This is the second remake of a danish movie, that stars Jake Gyllenhall. The first one was The Guilty just a fun fact 🙂
I think you forgot Brothers in 2009. So that would make Ambulance the third.
@@TheSpeedracer12 I totally forgot that one 😁
Out of the whole review I got excited over exactly one thing... hearing that a 31 on 31 is approaching!
Jake Gyllenhaal's character wanted the guy to spray paint blue, but the guy only had neon green.
I don´t want to say it´s because of age but while I did like the original trilogy of Transformers (more so the first 2) when I watched them again, not so long ago, I felt like the movies were never going to end. Particulary Dark of the Moon.
...and I LOVE long movies.
This movie was fantastic enjoyed every minute. Yes Jake was amazing omg
What are your other favorite Jake movies?
@@megamikethemovieman ambulance prisoners day after tomorrow nocturnal animals nightcrawler Southpaw Zodiac Velvet Buzzsaw
@@chanelhenderson8460 Prisoners is probably my favorite out of those and Nightcrawler. I post movie content daily if you would like to stop by my channel my friend, that way you can enjoy more videos.
It's fine Cody, I didn't see the original Matrix until last year.
Does Jake Gyllenhaal realize that his irons are flipped down?
You nailed every point and plot hole lol
I wanted to like this film way more than I did. But it was too long and made no sense
Awesome sammi curr shirt
Bro Jake was so entertaining. This is Cashmire!!!
Movie didn't know if it wanted to be Speed or John Q.
I had a good enough time with it streaming on Peackock
Hey Cody can you review michael bay’s other movies
I enjoy the movie. It was fun to me to watch. But I have to agree with you with the lengthy runtime that the plot feels like a 90 maybe 100 minute runtime. Look at the movie unhinged. It was a quick simple movie that didn't feel long or rushed. For the cinematography. I loved it. For me it does compete with best cinematography of the year.
I thought Unhinged was worse than this
Rank all 15 Michael bay films
I watched it last night and had a lot of fun. the spray painting the car green was dumb but it was supposed to dumb the guy brought the wrong color paint. but then your right wht would jakes character hiring such idiots. But I really enjoyed the movie and I feel the same about Michael Bay. I really respect him because Bay started platnium dunes production and he was the one who got the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake made.
You should check out The Ambulance from 1990, with Eric Roberts and James Earl Jones. Some weird shit there.
I think the green painting was about distracting the police. I also think it did go on way to long and was like “damn can’t you guys get out of the ambulance by now!”. I did surprisingly enjoy it but I do see where some of your comments are coming from.
My boy Cody looks good ill see it
sounds like this might be my favourite film ever!!!!
What gets you most excited about the movie?
8:36 lmao , btw it's not Eliza it's just Eiza
I will wait
Agree with almost everything you said but I had some fun with it
Cody super behind on your channel but we just saw this over the last weekend. My wife hated it for all of your negatives. someone else said it in the comments it felt like a Fast and furious movie. Definitely agree with that statement. This is one of those movies I put in the I watched it but won't watch it again bin.
I enjoyed it more than you did, but agree with a lot of your criticisms. The humor almost never worked and was really jarring. You have tense and serious moments, then all of a sudden the movie throws gags about a comically large dog at you. I get humor to relieve tension, but these felt like scenes beamed in from a different movie.
I also agree the 90-minute version of this movie is better. But I still found it solid three-star entertainment. I liked all three of the leads, and while it went on too long, I was captivated by what went on in the ambulance itself. The chase scenes were fun.
So let me get this straight: the rock and Armageddon are his best films but ambulance is too far fetched. Let's leave logic to die hard and humor to midnight run. Ok
I thought the exact same thing.
Don’t forget the “we both go left” shootout scene at end, smh how convenient
i dont understand the whole spray painting thing either. like, literally use a different car? But i guess they cant call the movie Ambulance that way
Gotta say I enjoyed it despite all the lacking it has overall was a good movie great cinematography without a doubt and for those who don’t know the one bald guy undercover LAPD officer he’s an actual LAPD detective in real life and is the LAPD protective league director. And his brother is actually Steve Austin! Little background if y’all didn’t know lol
Character real name is Jamie McBride
Killer shirt
Curious how I'd feel with the film not seeing it yet.
I LOOOOOVE Bad Boys 2. Is it a little unrealistic and bonkers.
But ITS AWESOMTACULAR
the ending, oh god, lady save the guy, put money at the stroller. and the tears, really?
I enjoyed it quite a bit had a great time at the theatre
in Ambulance defense I mean there was a movie called the negotiator where they could've easily took out Samuel l Jackson and they gave some bogus excuse as to why they couldn't take him out.. so I mean give ambulance a little slack lol
Agree with pretty much everything. This movie was frustrating as hell and Bays directing really annoyed me. Has its moments its not terrible but overall a 5/10
I doubt it will be as good as The Rock or Armageddon but I'm sure it will be entertaining.
Man I loved this movie
Opposite opinion here it was a huge fun ride
Phone Booth that was a good thriller and they didn’t move. Just saying. It was short sweet and effective.
This is whiplash the movie. From the nauseating drone shots to the absolutely bat poop story. It's completely senseless. The story wants to be taken seriously at times, then immediately flips and becomes a comedy. Will shoots a cop, it's serious business, then Jake goes "that's what you get for hitting me, he's a marine". I'm going to need a neck brace after watching this. The scene where the two bank robbers break into an 80s song in the middle of a car chase perfectly encapsulates the mindless and asinine nature of this movie. And the crew of bank robbers, what a joke! They were right out of a cartoon, meanwhile, the movie is trying to be as gritty as HEAT.
Has anyone ever seen The Chase with Charlie Sheen?
I think Bay painted the ambulance green so he'd remember to not blow it up, but everything else totally fine LOL 💥(BoooooM)💥
I felt the same way about the drones. It's like the guy just discovered the drone. The editing was stupid. It would twirl around then just show another stable angle shot of the same thing. The jokes makes me think the script writers are socially awkard. Wrath of Man had terrible dialog as well and I just watched it before this. Movies like this make Tarantino EInstein in terms of dialog.
For me this was an entertaining but very silly movie I thought the performances were really good and the action was fun but I do agree that it was too long and god what a cringe ending. But overall I’d give it a 3.5/5
Sounds like you should've seen Everything Everywhere All At Once instead cause it was fuggin awesome.. Crazy, bizarrely hilarious, and heartfelt at times. Starts like it'll be serious and just gets wild. GO SEE IT!!
Wow worse writing, dialogue, and logic than Halloween Kills? Dang
They should’ve let the homies have them in the dress shop and they would’ve been home free. Never compromise family for backstabbing people.
It's like Michael bay watched fast five and said hey let me do that but worse
I had to get out of the theater halfway through the movie.. the camera movement on this movie is simply head-ache inducing.
You have to watch 6 Underground