The most important thing to know about "Ambulance," which is only screening in theatres, is that it is insane. Perhaps not clinically, but cinematically and narratively.
For fear of something developing in front of it and slowing things down by needing genuine attention, the camera never stops moving.
Your synapses will crackle, explode, and eventually snap if you watch all 136 minutes of the film's hyperkinetic fragments—a case study of attention-deficit disorder.
They're exactly how they're supposed to be. Michael Bay, the director, has spent decades keeping audiences on edge, working from a screenplay by Chris Fedak.
"Transformers," "Pearl Harbor," and "The Rock" are examples of arousal. Happy idiocy occasionally reaches to the level of delightful lunacy in this action adventure, the apotheosis of his career thus far.
However, for the most part, it's entertainment in the form of a gruelling paradox, a high-speed slog.
Danny and Will Sharp are played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
Danny is a well-known crook and sociopath, while being quick-witted and charismatic. Will, an ex-Marine, is a decent man who is battling to support his family.
As someone gently points out in an early scene—family Danny's took Will in when they were kids—they don't look like brothers, but they felt like brothers until they weren't.
Because of Danny's psychopath father, Will left the group. When the action begins, they are alienated. But when Will seeks financial assistance from Danny, he becomes entangled in a bank heist that goes wrong, resulting in extended (a crucial word here) and recurrent (another key word) battles with L.A.'s finest SWAT phalanxes.
