The premiere of the latest action madness produced and directed by Michael Bay, perhaps the only Western filmmaker currently seeking to innovate in the genre in the face of Eastern supremacy, allows for an entertaining exercise in visual acuity that will especially dazzle open-minded moviegoers. ‘Ambulance. Escape Plan’ is a remake of a 2005 Danish film, available on Netflix. Contemplating both films in one go allows us to clearly observe the differences between a modest project, which is already a few years old, with a European label, and its response made in the USA years later, with a budget multiplied by a thousand, in other words, thanks to the wand magic from the person in charge of the ‘Transformers’ saga, whose best film to date is still ‘Pain and Money’, closely followed by ‘The Rock’ and ‘Armageddon’.
The frantic initial twenty minutes of ‘6 in the shade’, the previous venture by the well-known filmmaker with a nervous camera, premiered directly on streaming, used various formats, using the current audiovisual language without prejudice with a tailor-made montage. It’s a pity that, after its brutal start, the show became a trailer for many movies in one, with the house brand zapping reigning while the main characters matter little to the viewer and lack uniqueness.
Although Bay, personal in his own way, showed off for a while with the striking opening of ‘6 in the Shadows’, one of the best that has been done in the West in the action genre in time, it is necessary to insist, the rest of the film fell into disrepair. chopped without being able to overcome the rhythm of its ignition. In ‘Ambulance. Escape plan’ aims to maintain this wild tension throughout more than two hours of footage that can be exhausting. The film starts from the same premise as the original tape to stretch it to the maximum in pursuit of the show, taking advantage of every imaginable technological advance in the field of moving images.
A bank robbery is cut short and the protagonists are forced to hijack an ambulance in their improvised escape plan. Inside the vehicle they are not alone, with which the great escape becomes chaos. Pursued by the security forces that take over the city of Los Angeles, the objective is to survive in the face of police harassment, resolve their quarrels and keep the accidental passengers alive. Ultimately, they have to survive on their own. This approach is the perfect excuse for braking, explosions and acceleration, facing the profitable ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise.
‘Ambulance. Escape Plan ‘allows Bay to mount another of his wild visual apocalypses in which he prioritizes not letting the audience breathe, over the narrative. What matters is not blinking, it doesn’t matter if the scenes are better or worse and the acting team is at the service of the tour de force with little room to expand in front of the -numerous- cameras. The seal is unmistakable, to the point that we are talking about auteur cinema. Series B hypervitaminated, eager to devour the box office. By the way, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, (‘Candyman’), Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza González (‘Baby Driver’) star in the firecracker. They hold up well in this apology for the old blockbuster on steroids.
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