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* HappilyAdopted: There is no questioning that the Sharp brothers consider themselves such no matter how much the situation is fraying their nerves (especially Danny's). [[spoiler:Danny even takes very personal Papi's AdoptionDiss of Will, making his rebuke of "[Will is] my ''real'' brother!" his PreMortemOneLiner.]]

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* MagicalDefibrillator: When Officer Zach's heart is about to fail, Cam asks Danny for help to restart it with a defibrillator. Although Danny has never done this before, they manage to save him.



* RescueEquipmentAttack: At one point, Cam grabs a fire extinguisher and uses it to spray Danny and Will before she tries to run away from the ambulance.

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At one point, Cam grabs a fire extinguisher and uses it to spray Danny and Will before she tries to run away from the ambulance.ambulance.
** Towards the end, Cam uses a defibrillator to shock Danny when he threatens her with a gun.



* ShockAndAwe: Cam uses a defibrillator to shock Danny when he threatens her with a gun towards the end.



* TapOnTheHead: Since he didn't get any anesthetic, Zach wakes up while Cam and Will are operating on him, so Will has to punch him in the face to knock him out. It's surprisingly effective.

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* TapOnTheHead: Since he didn't get any anesthetic, Officer Zach wakes up while Cam and Will are operating on him, so Will has to punch him in the face to knock him out. It's surprisingly effective.


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* YourOtherLeft: When Danny has to help Cam take care of Officer Zach, he gets confused when she instructs him to place the defib pads on Zach's chest.
-->'''Cam:''' So, the right chest, left rib. Right there and there.\\
'''Danny:''' My right or your right?\\
'''Cam:''' ''His'' right, you fucking moron!

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* ABNegative: Will is O negative, making him an universal donor. This allows him to transfuse some of his blood to Officer Zach.



* AskAStupidQuestion: Anson is flabbergasted when his therapist asks him if people still rob banks.
-->'''Anson:''' Kyle, do we have to pay for the dumb questions, or are these ones free of charge?



* DontTouchItYouIdiot: When Captain Munroe eats a snack with his finger, Dhazghig tells him not to touch her stuff.
-->'''Dhazghig:''' Don't lick your finger and touch my shit.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Papi is a ruthless gangster, but he genuinely loves his son Roberto [[spoiler: and is devastated by his death]].



* GunStruggle: When Officer Mark jumps on him, Roberto pulls out a gun. [[spoiler: After a brief struggle, Roberto gets his head blown off.]]



* HeroesLoveDogs: Captain Monroe certainly does, so much so that he calls off a chase when he realizes that his dog might be in danger.



* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: During the climax, Cam accidentally shoots Will when he comes back to the ambulance, mistaking him for one of Papi's {{Mooks}}.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: During her first scene, Cam has to take care of a little girl who has been in a car accident and was impaled by a fence's iron bar.
* ImpostorForgotOneDetail: When Officer Zach comes to the bank during the heist, Danny tries to pose as the bank manager. However, Zach realizes that Danny is not who he says he is when he gives the wrong last name for one of the bank employees.
* InterServiceRivalry: Unsurprisingly, LAPD Captain Monroe isn't happy when FBI Agent Anson Clark gets involved in his case, and the two get into an argument as soon as they meet.
* ItsPersonal: At first, Papi only helps the Sharp brothers because they promised him money. However, after his son Roberto is killed by a cop, he declares that it has become personal.
-->'''Papi:''' You're right, Danny. You're right. It's not business. [[ItsPersonal It is personal]]. My son died for this money.



* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Papi's son Roberto gets killed by a cop in the film's last act, leaving his father heartbroken.]] [[spoiler: That said, Papi himself dies not too long after him.]]
* PistolWhipping: Before hijacking the ambulance, Danny knocks out Scott by hitting him on the head with the butt of his gun.



* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When Dhazghig compares Will's driving skills to those of Creator/LewisHamilton, Captain Munroe has no idea who she's talking about and asks if he's a basketball player or something.
* RescueEquipmentAttack: At one point, Cam grabs a fire extinguisher and uses it to spray Danny and Will before she tries to run away from the ambulance.



* ShockAndAwe: Cam uses a defibrillator to shock Danny when he threatens her with a gun towards the end.



* UnconventionalVehicleChase: The premise of the movie. A hijacked ambulance running from a fleet of LAPD squad cars and helicopters.

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* TapOnTheHead: Since he didn't get any anesthetic, Zach wakes up while Cam and Will are operating on him, so Will has to punch him in the face to knock him out. It's surprisingly effective.
* ThatWasntARequest: Danny says this when he orders Scott at gunpoint to get out of the ambulance.
-->'''Danny:''' That wasn't a question. Get out!
* UnconventionalVehicleChase: The premise of the movie. A hijacked ambulance running from a fleet of LAPD squad cars and helicopters. helicopters.
* UncoveringRelationshipStatus: Cam allows her EMT partner Scott to ask her one question a day,. Naturally, his first question is whether she has a boyfriend or not, which doesn't surprises her in the least.



* WeUsedToBeFriends: Anson and Danny.

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Anson and Danny. Anson even says this line word-for-word when he explains their relationship to Captain Munroe.
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->''I'm sorry brother. Sorry I brought you into this.''

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->''I'm sorry ->''"I'm sorry, brother. Sorry I brought you into this.''"''
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a common expession isnt a spiderman reference


** At one point in the movie, Danny says [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome “See, that wasn’t so hard”.]]
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-->Danny: "He's not my fake brother. He's my REAL brother."

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-->Danny: -->'''Danny:''' "He's not my fake brother. He's my REAL brother."
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* AttackDrone: In a variation, Papi's ambush involves tossing a low-rider with a remote-controlled [[GatlingGood minigun]] at the police.
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** 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. In addition, some of the score, from Lorne Balfe, seems to reference the tension-building beats of Brian Eno's score for ''Heat'', particularly for the bank robbery.

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** 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.up to eleven. In addition, some of the score, from Lorne Balfe, seems to reference the tension-building beats of Brian Eno's score for ''Heat'', particularly for the bank robbery.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Downplayed in a sense. [[spoiler: During the heist, Randazzo runs over Trent in a panic, much to the horror of “Mel Gibson”, who protests this by stating he (Trent) was at his (Randazzo’s) wedding.]]


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* LackOfEmpathy: During the heist, [[spoiler:Randazzo runs over Trent in a panic, but is seemingly apathetic and orders a protesting “Mel Gibson” to get his money bag while shooting back at the police. While seemingly justified by the heist going awry affecting his judgment, this ultimately earns him a BoomHeadshot.]]
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** Many to Bay's own work. Officers Zach and Mark discuss ''Film/TheRock'' and ''Film/BadBoys'' in particular.

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** Many to Bay's own work. Officers Zach and Mark discuss ''Film/TheRock'' and ''Film/BadBoys'' ''Film/BadBoys1995'' in particular.
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''Ambulance'' is a 2022 American [[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.

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''Ambulance'' is a 2022 American [[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]] Creator/MosesIngram also appearing.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The entire robbery could have gone off without a hitch...if only a cop hadn't decided to pick that moment to take his partner's advice to ask a teller out and their getaway truck hadn't broken down in front of the cop's partner outside.

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Unexpected interference leads to a mass shoot-out which leaves most of the crew sans the brothers dead and a police officer being critically wounded. In desperate need of escape, they hijack the ambulance carry the officer and with it one of the paramedics. What starts as the biggest heist the brothers ever pulled becomes a massive police chase through the streets of L.A. as Will and Danny try to escape with both their score and their lives...

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Unexpected interference leads to a mass shoot-out which leaves most of the crew sans the brothers dead and a police officer being critically wounded. In desperate need of escape, they hijack the ambulance carry the carrying that same officer and with it one of the paramedics. What starts as the biggest heist the brothers ever pulled becomes a massive police chase through the streets of L.A. as Will and Danny try to escape with both their score and their lives...


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* ConsummateProfessional: Cam is an extremely good paramedic; commanding and empathetic in the moment to help the victim but equally refuses to follow up once they are taken to the hospital. She views her job as making sure they get to the ER alive and in the best condition possible, but beyond that is not her concern (while seemingly callous, it's sometimes a necessity to keep your emotional sanity doing such a job). The hostage situation she finds herself in requires her to spend more than 20 minutes with a patient.


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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire movie is about a day from sunrise to sunset.


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* ICouldaBeenAContender: Cam attended med school but acquired a problem with pills halfway through. That makes her unusually qualified as a paramedic, but she's angry at herself for screwing up.


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* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: Danny deliberately presents himself to the police to be the bad guy of the whole situation and forces Will to shoot him in the back to protect Cam; Danny even gets to GoOutWithASmile. Will is angry at having to kill his brother, but this and Cam's testimony implies criminal charges will be lighter on him than they otherwise would be]].


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* WhiteSheep: Will was initially primed to join Danny and their father in continuing the family criminal business, but he joined the marines to get away from that. He is on good terms with Danny, but his wife doesn't want him anywhere near that life again.

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* HeroAntagonist: The police are lawful authority figures trying to stop the protagonists from robbing a bank and save their hostages.



** 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.
*** Some of the score, from Lorne Balfe, seems to reference the tension-building beats of Brian Eno's score for Heat, particularly for Heat's bank robbery.

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** 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.
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UpToEleven. In addition, some of the score, from Lorne Balfe, seems to reference the tension-building beats of Brian Eno's score for Heat, ''Heat'', particularly for Heat's the bank robbery.



* VillainousBreakdown: Danny has a prolonged one that starts midway through the film. As the stress of the situation gets to him, he gets more and more unstable,[[spoiler:finally culminating in trying to force Cam into SuicideByCop.]]

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* VillainousBreakdown: Danny has a prolonged one that starts midway through the film. As the stress of the situation gets to him, he gets more and more unstable,[[spoiler:finally unstable, [[spoiler:finally culminating in trying to force Cam into SuicideByCop.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown:

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* VillainousBreakdown:VillainousBreakdown: Danny has a prolonged one that starts midway through the film. As the stress of the situation gets to him, he gets more and more unstable,[[spoiler:finally culminating in trying to force Cam into SuicideByCop.]]

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