The Ambulance

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Sarfaraz A Larry Cohen directed the comedy thriller. Starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, and Janine Turner. The film is about Joshua, a comic artist who sees a beautiful young woman named Cheryl on the bustling street of New York City every day and musters the courage to approach her and offer her to lunch. She fends off his advance with a cheerful demeanor until she loses her balance and falls dizzy. The ambulance arrives fast and transports her to the hospital before Josh asks her name, but he cannot hear her last name. Using his artistic skill, Josh creates a drafting of the ambulance and the young woman and shows it to Lieutenant James Earl Jones, an eccentric guy. As more women fall victim to the same ambulance, Josh goes on a search, and realizes that the majority of them are diabetic women. The film features a comedic story and subpar acting. James plays a hilarious character. There is nothing important that you could regret not seeing. I would not recommend this, but if you have a boring day, you may give it a try. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review RyDawg084 Love this movie so much! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/22/23 Full Review Steve D Some good ideas and a bad script. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/09/23 Full Review tiago d Como todos os filmes dessa época, historia simples, bons atores, nada de politica. Um filme super divertido. Só pegar a pipoca, se desligar do mundo e curtir! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review a.l.jude p Such a interesting plot gone awry just because sloppy acting by the lead character. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A young cartoonist Josh chats up a young woman named Cheryl in the street (the board at Gillette must be despairing at this) but when she collapses she is then taken to a nearby hospital in an ambulance which has been called for her. When Josh tries to track her down there appears to be no trace of her being taken to any hospital in an ambulance. Josh then learns that the same fate happened to Cheryl's roommate. Something fishy is going on. Does it have anything to do with that specific ambulance? With such a great premise I was expecting a cross between Coma and Maniac Cop. But, alas instead this is more like a TV movie that feels very slight and somewhat hollow. I was also expecting more as this was directed by the great Larry Cohen and whilst there are some great directorial flourishes and some great dialogue which Cohen also wrote (all of the supporting characters in Cohen's films have the best in quirky left-field comebacks), they don't save this movie.  A wasted premise and a shame. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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