History Film / Ambulance

-->'''Danny Sharp'''

* BadassDriver: Will is proven one by the events of the film, thanks to his army experience, his previous criminal activities, or both.

* CopKillerManhunt: The chase is so hot because there's an injured cop in the back of the ambulance, but on the flip side, it also doesn't escalate as long as the other cops think one of their own is still alive in there.

* HonorBeforeReason: How the other criminals see Will's insistence on not killing the hostages once they reach safety.

* PoliceAreUseless: Played with. The police are the main antagonistic force against the Sharp brothers, keeping them running at every turn, [[spoiler:and the cops ultimately succeed in taking the brothers down]], but at the same time, Captain Monroe has the brothers almost cornered in the Convention Center parking garage, but calls off the chase just because [[ItMakesSenseInContext his dog Nitro is in the car hijacked by Officer Mark]].

* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Every member of Danny's crew besides Danny and Will]].

* ShoutOut: Many.

-->'''Danny Sharp''': "''I'm sorry brother. Sorry I brought you into this.''"

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Danny Sharp.]]

The film follows Danny and William Sharp, two adoptive brothers-turned-bank robbers (Gyllenhaal and Abdul-Mateen) who attempt a $32 million bank heist. When the heist goes wrong, the two men hijack an ambulance occupied by a paramedic (Gonzalez) and a police officer in critical condition.

* CopKiller: Danny is (rightfully) worried about not killing cops. Keeping Officer Zach alive is the only thing keeping the team alive. When the cops at one point (mistakenly) believe the officer is dead, it leads to the...
* CopKillerManhunt: The cops in pursuit take the lives Officer Zach and the others killed or injured over the course of the film so seriously that [[spoiler:at the end, they almost refuse to allow Will to recieve medical treatment despite being RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL, with his wife watching.]]

* FriendlyEnemy: FBI agent Anson Clark, who was a college friend of Danny Sharp. Although this leads

* NeverTrustATrailer: The first trailer makes it seem like Cam says “You think you’re so tough with that gun” to Danny. In the final film, [[spoiler: she ends up saying to a {{mook}} at Papi’s hideout]]

** Also, the Sharp brothers' heist probably would have gone on bloodless if [[SpannerInTheWorks Officer Zach]] had not stopped to ask a bank teller on a date on the clock.

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** At one point in the movie, Danny says [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome “See, that wasn’t so hard.]]

* BadassDriver: Will is proven one by the events of the film. Randazzo is [[InformedAbility built up]] as one [[WeHardlyKnewYe but never gets a chance to show the audience.]]

* ChaseScene: The trailer depicts the brothers hijacking an ambulance and racing across LA to avoid police.
* ChekhovsGun: Officer Mark's handgun, which ends up in the ambulance undiscovered for over an hour of runtime. [[spoiler: And then Cam shoots Will with it by accident.]]
* TheDitz: Trent, who wears Burka Stocks to Danny's heist.
* FriendlyEnemy: FBI agent Anson Clark, who was a college friend of Danny Sharp.

* HealthcareMotivation: According to the beginning of the trailer, William Sharp needs $231,000 to pay for his wife's surgery, so takes part in Danny's bank heist.
* JustifiedCriminal: Will Sharp. Again, as the trailer shows, he needs a LOT of money to help his ailing wife, leading him to the robbery.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played with; the police are the main antagonistic force against the Sharp brothers [[spoiler:and ultimately succeed in their mission to take them down]], but [[IncompetentCop Captain Monroe]] goes so far as to halt a chase of the brothers when [[ItMakesSenseInContext his dog Nitro is discovered left in his car hijacked by Officer Mark]], and the Sharp brothers' heist probably would have gone on bloodless if [[SpannerInTheWorks Officer Zach]] had not stopped to ask a bank teller on a date on the clock.
* SacrificialLion: Every member of Danny's crew besides Danny and Will. [[spoiler:Then Captain Monroe.]]

* UnconventionalVehicleChase: The trailer shows Danny and William hijacking an ambulance to make their getaway when the heist goes wrong, and winding up being chased by a fleet of LAPD squad cars.

** Many to Bay's own work. Officers Zach and Mark discuss ''Film/TheRock'' and ''Film/BadBoys''in particular.

** The main plot serves as an homage to Creator/MichaelMann's ''{{Film/Heat}}'', with the character of Danny in particular taking Neil McCauley's neurotic tendencies from that film UpToEleven.

* ActorAllusion: Ex-convict-turned-actor Victor Gojcaj appears in a minor role, a ShoutOut to Creator/TonyScott (a clear influence on ''Ambulance''), whose films ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'' and ''Film/Unstoppable'' Gojcaj appeared in.

* JustifiedCriminal: William Sharp. Again, as the trailer shows, he needs a LOT of money to help his ailing wife, leading him to the robbery.

It is due to be released in theatres in the United States on April 8, 2022, by Creator/UniversalPictures.

''Ambulance'' is an upcoming [[ActionGenre Action]] {{Thriller}} film directed and co-produced by Creator/MichaelBay and written by Chris Fedak, based on the 2005 Danish film ''Ambulancen'' by Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen. The film stars Creator/JakeGyllenhaal, Creator/YahyaAbdulMateenII, and Creator/EizaGonzalez, with Creator/GarretDillahunt, Creator/AMartinez, and [[Series/TheQueensGambit Moses Ingram]] also appearing.

'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NU-STboFeI&t=1s Official Trailer]].

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%%Nocitation* HealthcareMotivation: William Sharp needs $231,000 to pay for his wife's surgery, so takes part in Danny's bank heist.
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%%No citation* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Danny and William hijack an ambulance to make their getaway when the heist goes wrong, and wind up being chased by a fleet of LAPD squad cars.

* ChaseScene: Most of the film takes place within the ambulance as it drives around UsefulNotes/LosAngeles pursued by a fleet of LAPD squad cars.
* HealthcareMotivation: William Sharp needs $231,000 to pay for his wife's surgery, so takes part in Danny's bank heist.
* JustifiedCriminal: William Sharp.
* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Danny and William hijack an ambulance to make their getaway when the heist goes wrong, and wind up being chased by a fleet of LAPD squad cars.

''Ambulance'' is an upcoming [[ActionGenre Action]] {{Thriller}} film directed and co-produced by Creator/MichaelBay and written by Chris Fedak, based on the 2005 Danish film ''Ambulancen'' by Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen.

Starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal, Creator/YahyaAbdulMateenII, and Creator/EizaGonzalez, the film follows Danny and William Sharp, two adoptive brothers-turned-bank robbers (Gyllenhaal and Abdul-Mateen) who attempt a $32 million bank heist. When the heist goes wrong, the two men hijack an ambulance occupied by a paramedic (Gonzalez) and a police officer in critical condition.

''Ambulance'' is an upcoming [[ActionGenre Action]] {{Thriller}} film directed and co-produced by Creator/MichaelBay and written by Chris Fedak, based on the 2005 Danish film ''Ambulancen''.

* JustifiedCriminal: William takes part in the heist because he needs money to pay for his wife's surgery.