After the success ofGulity, folks are looking forward to Jake Gyllenhaal’s turn inAmbulance. Universal Pictures has just released a new poster for the action thriller putting out pensive bank robbers front and center. The tagline? “It was supposed to be a simple heist.” That’s what they all think! This action-packed crime drama has Gyllenhaal convincing his adoptive brother (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) to join him in a bank heist. As with most first time bank robbers, things don’t go as planned.
TheAmbulancesynopsis reads, “Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever. In this breakneck thriller from director-producer Michael Bay, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,Candyman,The Matrix Resurrections), desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t-his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal,Zodiac,Spider-Man: Far From Home). A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million. With his wife’s survival on the line, Will can’t say no. But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza González,Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,Baby Driver) onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never stops, Will and Danny must evade a massive, city-wide law enforcement response, keep their hostages alive, and somehow try not to kill each other, all while executing the most insane escape L.A. has ever seen.“Here’s the trailer if you’ve missed it.
Jake has been a busy man! He is currently working onThe Division, starring alogside Jessica Chastain, invloving a pandemic virus is spreading via paper money on Black Friday, decimating New York. A group of civilians, trained to operate in catastrophic times, are activated in an attempt to save who and what remains. The film is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice,We Are the Millers)and written by Rafe Judkins (Uncharted,The Wheel of TIme).
If you think Jake Gyllenhaal has been busy, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is making us all look like we’re sleeping on the job. He’s been working on a few indies includingThe Matrix Resurrections,Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,Candyman, andFuriosa. Eiza González is currently filming a new series,Extrapolations, starring Tobey Maguire, Marion Cotillard andForest Whitakerabout unanticipated stories of how the upcoming changes to our planet will affect love, faith, work and family on a personal and human scale.
Ambulanceis produced by Michael Bay, p.g.a., Bradley J. Fischer, p.g.a. (Zodiac,Shutter Island) for New Republic Pictures, James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, 2022’sScream) and William Sherak (Ready or Not, 2022’sScream) for Project X, and Oscar nominee Ian Bryce (Transformersfranchise,Saving Private Ryan).The screenplay is by Chris Fedak (Prodigal Son,Chuck), based on the original story and screenplay for the 2005 Danish thrillerAmbulancenby Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen.
