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Jake Gyllenhaal does his best work under an unnatural amount of pressure.

He gave a riveting, and basically solo performance in The Guilty, which some say could finally land him that Oscar.

For his second thriller, Gyllenhaal is starring alongside Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The pair get caught in a citywide manhunt in the action-packed trailer for Michael Bay’s Ambulance.

Written by Chris Fedak, the film, which unfolds over the course of a single day in Los Angeles, will yet again put the audience on an intense emotional rollercoaster.

Variety has the lowdown:

Based on the 2005 Danish film of the same name, Universal’s Ambulance stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as an army veteran down on his luck who turns to “brother” Gyllenhaal for help when he needs $231 000 to pay for his wife’s surgery.

Gyllenhaal’s solution? A $32 million bank robbery.

Things get complicated when Gyllenhaal, who has a checkered past, mistakenly lets a cop, who ultimately gets shot, into the bank during the robbery. They steal an ambulance to use as a getaway vehicle when the heist goes awry. Of course, it turns out to be carrying said police officer and an EMT, turning the already-complicated ordeal into a hostage situation.

Show us what you got, Jake and Yahya:

When two bank robbers, SWAT teams, cop cars, and LAPD helicopters are all gunning to fulfil their own obligations, the ride is sure to be wild:

“I’d heard all these amazing stories about Michael Bay and what it’s like working with him,” [Gyllenhaal said].

“He’s wild, man, but I adore him. Driving around the streets of LA at like 100 mph, shooting guns at helicopters. There are many stories out of that movie that are really fun and crazy.”

Ambulance will be in theatres on February 18, 2021.

[source:variety]