![]() ![]() Plan or no plan, Sonic’s tenacity could save the day. Sonic’s plan to make sure Robotnik doesn’t destroy the world? “Step one, light taunting,” he says. To save the world, Sonic teams with Tails (voiced by Colleen O’Shaughnessey), a yellow fox with two tails who appears through a magic portal. That power stems from a mystical emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. “Since I’ve been gone,” he says, “I’ve discovered the source of ultimate power.” Robotnik is still sore from his exile on a remote planet, but has returned with a thirst to exact revenge on the spiny blue mammal who put him there and a plan to take over the world. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) to return with anteater sidekick Knuckles (voice of Idris Elba). That opens the door for the hedgehog’s nemesis, baddie Dr. When Tom and Maddie go on a Hawaiian vacation, Sonic is left to his own devices. This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Jim Carrey in "Sonic the Hedgehog 2." (Paramount Pictures via AP)īright blue extraterrestrial hedgehog Sonic comes bounding back into theatres with the imaginatively titled “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” a Sega sequel to the highest-grossing video game movie of all time.Īt the beginning of the flick, Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz), a hedgehog whose lightning-fast reflexes and ability to run faster than the speed of sound, have helped him save the world on numerous occasions, is living with his adopted “parents,” Montana police officer Tom (James Marsden) and his veterinarian wife Maddie (Tika Sumpter). From the frenetic editing to the characters, who all speak like they are in a Michael Bay action movie, and the anxiety inducing soundtrack, it is frantic Bayhem with all the good and bad that implies. “Ambulance” is raw, unadulterated Bayhem. We don’t stop,” but occasionally tapping the brake might give the viewers and the actors a chance to catch a collective breath. As Danny and Will say several times, “We’re a locomotive. There’s no sense of pacing, it’s all forward momentum. Fast and heavy, it bowls you over with technical skill, but doesn’t engage much more than that. If “Ambulance” was music, it would be a Yngwie Malmsteen guitar solo. If you get motion sickness, you might want to take some Gravol along with your popcorn. The camera work and the editing are so fast it’s as though Bay has his finger on the fast forward button the entire time. It zooms, caresses the actor’s faces in extreme closeups, flies up and down the sides of buildings, and, of course, cruises alongside the ambulance as it careens through the streets of Los Angeles. Gyllenhaal’s performance as the charismatic, sociopath older brother is as amped up as the movie itself, which is to say it’s pedal-to-the-metal all the way.īay’s relentless camera is in constant motion. Bay milks excitement out of the setup and execution of the sequence, but this is a getaway flick with an interesting family dynamic between Danny and Will. ![]() With police in hot pursuit, they take the ambulance on a high-speed chase through the streets of Los Angeles. Trouble is, the ambulance is transporting a wounded policeman (Jackson White) and a paramedic (Eiza González). With things falling apart, they hijack an ambulance. ![]() The bank heist goes off without a hitch, but the getaway is rough. “Have I ever gotten you in anything that I couldn’t get you out of?” Will isn’t sure, but Danny is persuasive. Turns out Danny can help, if Will is willing to bend the rules to get the money.ĭanny is planning a bank heist with an estimated bounty of US$32 million. To raise the cash, he reluctantly asks his adoptive brother and career criminal Danny (Gyllenhaal) if he can help. His wife needs surgery, but the coffers are dry. It keeps the foot on the gas in true Bayhem fashion.ĭecorated veteran Will (Abdul-Mateen II) is desperate for money. His latest, the chase flick “Ambulance,” starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Jake Gyllenhaal, and now playing in theatres, falls in line. "Transformers" director Michael Bay’s movies are so distinctive the internet has coined a new term to describe his pedal-to-the-metal action style: Bayhem. This image released by Universal Pictures shows Jake Gyllenhaal, left, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in a scene from "Ambulance." (Universal Pictures via AP) ![]()
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