The need for speed has always fuelled Michael Bay’s work. That, along with a borderline-psychotic interest in explosions, sunsets, American flags and military know-how. All those elements are present and correct in this (disarming) doodle of a movie, shot during the pandemic.
Noble but hard-up ex-marine Will (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) agrees to help his hot-headed, Mexican-mafia-connected adopted brother, Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal) with a heist that – d’urh! - goes wrong. Will is so loyal to his brother that he’s willing to shoot a cop but the brothers’ love for one another is repeatedly tested as they try to escape the SIS and FBI in a commandeered ambulance which happens to contains the aforementioned cop, plus a resourceful, cynical and beauteous paramedic, Cam (Eiza Gonzalez). Still with me?
