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Rahul Malhotra
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Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.
He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal to introduce audiences to a whole new world of cinema.
Swing and a miss > measured victory. Also, #JusticeForHan. (He/Him). Sign in to your Collider account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recapIn 2022 and 2023, star Jake Gyllenhaal had the rare good fortune of headlining arguably the two best movies of their respective directors' careers. Coincidentally, he also happened to have the misfortune of watching them tank at the box office. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant earned just $21 million globally against a reported budget of $55 million, while Michael Bay's Ambulance grossed a little over $50 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million. Both movies remain the top-rated of their respective filmmakers' careers, according to the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The Covenant is a fixture on the global streaming charts, having clearly struck a chord with its 98% audience score on RT, but Ambulance is catching up to it as we speak.
According to FlixPatrol, Ambulance was the third-most-watched movie on the domestic Netflix charts during the Thanksgiving holiday. The movie was originally released in 2022 and was hailed as Bay's grand return to form following a largely disappointing stretch that produced duds such as Transformers: The Last Knight and 6 Underground. Ambulance was headlined by Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul Mateen II as two adoptive brothers who hijack an ambulance after conducting a bank robbery. The movie is now sitting at a 68% score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics' consensus reads, "At top speed and with sirens wailing, Ambulance comes riding to the rescue for audiences facing an emergency shortage of Michael Bay action thrills."
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Bay's previous top-rated film on RT was The Rock, which is on the verge of turning 30. Ambulance also featured Eiza González and Garrett Dillahunt, and remains the last release of Bay's career. He's now set to release his first documentary, We Are Storror, about the British parkour group of the same name. Recent reports also suggested that he could make a return to the Transformers franchise in some capacity, now that the studio has had a change in ownership and behind-the-scenes management. Gyllenhaal has had streaming success in recent years with Prime Video's Road House and Apple TV's Presumed Innocent.
You can watch Ambulance on Netflix domestically, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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