My first impression of the movie was wow, what a great movie. The tension and action in this movie was just perfect. Jake Gyllenhaal was amazing, showing the quality of actor he is. Like always he can just become a good guy, bad guy, crazy, heroic, sad anything really. He can play any role and you truly believe it. Another great performance was done by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Even do I don't know much of his career he did amazing. Even do they were the bad guys you could connect to them and feel their suffering. Finally, Eiza Gonzalez who was simply explendid. I know her since she started in Mexico and it's wondeful to see how much she has achieved. Slowly leaving her mark on the film industry. She has already been part of several big projects but this role felt it made more of an impact. The level of emotions the 3 protagonist manage to portrayed was simply magnificent. They took us through many emotions from the worry, anger, crazyness, tension, drama, and sadness. The movie emotions slowly but steady kept increasing until the end. This is a Michael Bay movie. He is mostly known for these fast moving scenes, action, explosions, and car chases. Sometimes in other movies it feels Michael Bay exaggerates on these scenes, that they are too repetitive or hard to watch and keep up. But i feel he did great on this movies. The action, police chase, explosions etc was used at the right time. I like to watch great movies like this. They aren't back up by great franchises, sequels, prequels etc. They are just 1 standalone movie that keeps you entertained from start to finish. But yes maybe experts can identify mistakes throughout the movie. Especially during the medical and police scenes. Certain medical procedures or police tactics might be wrong or exaggerated. But for the general public is ok. The movie manages to capture your attention at all times, so much that you just wantn to focus on what is going to happen next or how they will handle the current situation. There were moments of the movie were we could identify and worry about each character. At times the police officers or the paramedics and other times even the 2 criminals in the ambulance.
Overall this a well made movie full of action and drama. The movie definitely took us through different emotions we deeply felt. We felt worry for many characters especially the 3 protagonists. Definitely recommended to watch and even buy this movie. It's those kind of situational movies that you can watch again later. My rating will stay in a solid 8.0. It's a great movie to watch and we need more movies like this.
Rating: 8.0
