March 16, 2022 (International)
April 8, 2022 (USA)
Ambulance is a 2022 American action thriller film that was directed by Michael Bay. It is a remake of the 2005 Danish film of the same name by Laurits Munch-Petersen. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as adoptive brothers who hijack an ambulance after robbing a bank and take a paramedic (Eiza González) and an injured police officer (Jackson White) hostage.
The film was first announced in 2015 and went through several crew changes. In 2020, Bay came on board to direct after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted his plans to shoot a different film. Filming took place in Los Angeles, in the midst of the pandemic, with cinematographer Roberto De Angelis. The score was composed by Lorne Balfe.
The film was distributed by Universal Pictures, and first released on March 16, 2022 internationally, but would receive a release in the United States a month later on April 8. It underperformed at the box office, grossing $52 million on a budget of $40 million. It received mixed reviews from critics, with some praise for Gyllenhaal's performance and the action sequences.
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Sound Effects Used
- E2, Car - Long Tire Screech
- E2, Explosion - Large Heavy Explosion
- E2, Siren - Police Car Phaser Siren
- Hollywoodedge, Helicopter Close Per PE062901
- Hollywoodedge, Large Shatter Window PE283603/Hollywoodedge, Window Pane Shatters FS025303
- Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1103601
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Hits Metal Pipe FS010605
- Hollywoodedge, Single Bullet Impact PE236401
- Hollywoodedge, Train Horn Doppler BFX030301 (Used once incorrectly as a car horn.)
- Hollywoodedge, Truck Doppler Horn PE893101
- SKYWALKER BIG METAL SQUEAKING 01 (2nd squeak only.)
- SKYWALKER, CAR - STOCK CAR DRIVING AT FAST SPEED
- SKYWALKER, CAR - VARIOUS TIRE SCREECHING
- SKYWALKER, CLICK - PISTOL COCKING
- SKYWALKER, CLICK - RIFLE COCKING
- SKYWALKER, CRACK - ROCK OR EARTH CRACKING
- SKYWALKER, CRUNCH - BODY BREAKING CRUNCHES WITH BLOOD SPILLING (Heard once when Trent gets accidentally run over by Randazzo in the getaway truck during the bank heist sequence.)
- SKYWALKER GRENADE LAUNCHING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, GUN - H&K SUBMACHINE GUN FIRING
- SKYWALKER, GUN - T-800'S MINIGUN
- SKYWALKER, HELICOPTER - PROPELLER BLADES THWOPPING
- SKYWALKER, METAL - HEAVY VEHICULAR IMPACT 03
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LOW, HOLLOW THUD
- SKYWALKER, METAL - METAL CLANG OR HIT
- SKYWALKER, METAL - QUICK DOUBLE SQUEAK 01
- SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT HOLLOW CLUNK
- SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DEEP, OMINOUS BASS TONE
- SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DOLBY SYNTH SAMPLE
- SKYWALKER, SIREN - POLICE WAILER SIREN
- SKYWALKER, SIREN - POLICE YELPER SIREN
- SKYWALKER, SQUISH - B.O.B. SQUISHING (Heard Once when the Ambulance Crash into Watermelon Store.)
- SKYWALKER, SQUISH - BLOOD SQUISHING
- SKYWALKER, TOY - ALIENS SQUEAKING (Heard once when a stuffed bear is shot in the head during the bank heist sequence.)
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - CAR WHOOSHING
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - MUFFLED SWISH
- SoundDogs, Car, Crash - Car Crashes - C U - Lots To Choose From, Mixed Debris, Metal Scrapes & Rattles, Occasional Tire Screeches
- SoundDogs, Impacts And Crashes Glass, Glass Debris Tinkle And Crash
- Sound Ideas, BULLET HITS - METAL HITS (CAR) THUD WITH TINK
- Unknown Sound Effects Library, Short Tire Squeals