Ambulance

Ce n'est que dans le dernier quart temps que les personnages se retrouvent dans une situation que j'ai vraiment commencé à apprécier. Tout ce qui précède est une routine banale emballée dans une forme attrayante à la Bay. Et même ça, ce n'est pas pour tout le monde. Les épileptiques ne le supporteront pas. Ce qui me manque le plus dans Ambulance est un scénario plus astucieux. La seule chose par laquelle le film essaye de faire avancer l'action de l'ambulance, c'est la révélation progressive des relations entre les personnages (qui connaît qui et pourquoi). Mais elles ne sont pas du tout intéressantes et n'apportent rien de crucial à l'émotion du film. Quelques émotions n'arrivent qu'à la dernière minute, mais il s'agit seulement d'un sentiment bayésien traditionnel et légèrement gênant. (30/03/2022)

Si on veut démolir ce film, il est possible de démonter très facilement et rapidement sa logique interne jusqu’au dernier rouage. Mais c’est un film de Michael Bay, donc attendons-nous à du Michael Bay. Et en tant que pur no-brainer, c’est un solide divertissement avec des cascades impressionnantes. Il y a juste ses petits jeux avec la caméra et le montage qui sont vraiment super exagérés ; il devrait peut-être penser à prendre quelques lignes de coke en moins chaque jour. (30/03/2022)

An amazing Bayhem, for me the film of the year so far and one of Michael Bay's best films! Ambulance is a combination of Den of Thieves and Wrath of Man, and if you like purely male movies full of adrenaline and testosterone you won't go wrong with this one – I died and came back to life in the cinema, metaphorically speaking fell and rose from the ashes like phoenix! Bay sets a very fast pace from the opening and thrusts us into a heist where absolutely everything gets fucked up, and the action then shifts to the ambulance, which is where the whole film takes place, and although it sounds uninteresting, you better believe you'll be wiping your brow with adrenaline. Jake Gyllenhaal is excellent, a chameleon of an actor (he overacts at times, but why not), and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is terrific as well as a former marine playing a very charismatic hero. Eiza Gonzalez, nothing to worry about here, great acting, great looks, Bay couldn't have picked a better trio of actors for this project. The action is uncompromising, the gunfights (no one has better sound design for guns than Bay!), the car chases, the helicopters, it's all there and I didn't feel like I was watching a movie at all, I felt I was watching a live broadcast of a crime in progress in LA, so the authenticity and realism gives it a high dimension. In other words, Bay has made his own movie version of GTA and for me it was a dream come true. I must also single out the great soundtrack (the music was ear-splitting and added to the tension and adrenaline). Bay's drone-camera was downright revolutionary, the aerial shots were so riveting that Deakins and Hoyt are quietly envious. The operation on the fly – the best shot operation in a movie since Saw, even a gore lover gets their serving, so pure euphoria and bliss. On top of all that, the dramatic and emotional moments work (Bay can bring tears in the opening 5 minutes, not to mention the ending!), and praise must be given to the FBI who finally showcase a very good antagonist, two intelligent fighters on opposite sides of the barricade, awesome and add to that the military tricks and a cartel and there is really little left missing for the audience to have a stroke. Flawless for me, I'm going again next week and then again. I liked how Bay references his own films. Story 3/5, Action 5/5, Humor 3/5, Violence 4/5, Fun 5/5 Music 5/5, Visuals 5/5, Atmosphere 5/5, Suspense 5/5, Emotion 5/5, Actors 5/5. 10/10. (21/03/2022)

An unacknowledged adaptation of GTA V that rides the wave of "the good" Bay from the nineties. That is to say, it's far from overblown not only in terms of runtime, pathetic, B-movie, deliberately stupid (which is not a rule with Bay), but fun and flashy. Double shame about the superfluous final 20 minutes, otherwise satisfaction from the "turn off your brain, have a couple of beers, get the popcorn ready and tune in to your boyish self who likes to bump into Englishmen for no reason" drawer. (16/03/2022)

After a botched robbery, Michael Bay has the two protagonists steal an ambulance and take a hostage, and a chase across L.A. begins. And it's Bay, full of slow motion, crazy explosions and stylish camera work. Only this time, the director tries to be unexpectedly serious at times and doesn't completely underestimate the character work. Unfortunately, what looks for a while like a serious action drama that might even work, ends up getting beaten to death by childish humour, overwrought action and the fact that he's just making what he's always made. So in the end, it's more or less exactly the kind of wildness one expects from Michael Bay. Whether that's a good or bad is for each to decide. (17/03/2022)