Ambulance is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Michael Bay. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Eiza González in lead roles.
The film follows two adoptive brothers Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Will Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) who decide to rob a bank when Will desperately needs money for his wife’s surgery. The heist goes terribly wrong and the brothers are forced to hijack an ambulance with an injured cop named Zach (Jackson White) and paramedic Cam Thompson (Eiza González) as hostages. What follows is a high-octane chase across Los Angeles as Danny and Will try to escape the massive police pursuit while also tending to their injured hostages inside the speeding ambulance.
The movie wastes no time jumping straight into the action. The opening scene shows Will meeting his career criminal brother Danny after failing to acquire funds for his wife’s surgery. Danny offers to involve Will in robbing a bank he had been planning to hit. The heist begins smoothly but quickly spirals out of control when a cop named Zach enters the bank and gets shot by Will during their escape.
Needing a getaway vehicle, Danny spots an ambulance and forces paramedic Cam at gunpoint to drive them away from the crime scene. This kicks off an exhilarating ambulance chase across Los Angeles freeways and streets, with the LAPD and FBI hot on their trail.
Inside the ambulance, Cam tries her best to keep injured cop Zach alive while also dealing with Danny’s erratic behavior. Will volunteers to donate blood to Zach to keep him stable. As Zach’s condition deteriorates, Cam attempts to surgically remove the bullets from his body with assistance from doctors over video call.
The lengthy surgery scene inside the speeding ambulance is both tense and darkly humorous, showcasing the talents of Eiza González and Michael Bay’s directorial skills. The scene ends on a cliffhanger when the doctors lose contact just as Zach’s spleen ruptures.
After surviving explosions and crashing cars, Danny and Will make it to their planned escape location but end up in another gunfight with local gangsters. They make it back inside the ambulance in the nick of time before Cam accidentally shoots Will, mistaking him for another attacker.
The climax takes place at a hospital where Danny holds Cam at gunpoint, intending to go down in a blaze of glory. But Will shoots Danny to protect Cam, ultimately redeeming himself. The film ends with Will recovering in police custody while Cam secretly delivers surgery money to Will’s wife.
Ambulance (2022) Ending Explained
By the end of the lengthy chase, Danny and Will reach the hospital with the ambulance in order to get medical help for the injured Will. However, the place is surrounded by armed police officers waiting to take action.
Danny comes to know that it was actually Cam who had shot Will earlier by mistake. In a rage, Danny decides to take revenge and threatens to publicly shoot Cam dead before getting himself killed by the cops.
As Danny steps outside the ambulance with Cam at gunpoint, Will makes the ultimate sacrifice by shooting his own brother Danny in the back to protect Cam’s life.
Does Danny Die in Ambulance?
A fatally wounded Danny then shares an emotional moment with Will, apologizing to him before succumbing to the gunshot. Will himself receives treatment but remains under police custody for his crimes.
The climax seems to be going for a typical heroic cop movie ending at first. But it takes a darker turn when the cops refuse to save criminal Will and leave him bleeding.
Showing growth in her character, Cam calls them out for abandoning their duty and makes them take Will in for emergency surgery, saving his life.
In the final scenes, Will recovers from his injuries but will likely serve prison time for the heist. However, Cam secretly delivers a package of stolen cash to Will’s wife for her surgery before the cops confiscated it.
She also visits a young car crash victim from earlier in the movie, hinting that the whole ordeal has reinvigorated her passion for saving lives.
Meanwhile, the partner of the injured cop Zach admits to investigators that it was Will who saved Zach’s life. So while Will pays for his crimes, he does seem to have redeemed himself in the eyes of the law by ultimately saving lives.
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The ending of Ambulance delivers an emotional gut punch highlighting the bonds of brotherhood and sacrifice, while also celebrating EMTs as unsung heroes. It concludes the over-the-top action thriller on a bittersweet note.
