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The Ambulance

2005 · 75 min

A relentless, high-tension ride that keeps you on edge with its claustrophobic setting and moral dilemmas.

Overview
Two brothers commit a robbery to pay their dying mother's medical bills and are forced to steal an ambulance during their getaway. But, unbeknownst to them, the ambulance has a dying heart patient and a hospital intern in the back.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • crime
  • guilt
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
thriller, action, drama
Directed by
Laurits Munch-Petersen
Written by
Lars Andreas Pedersen, Laurits Munch-Petersen
Starring
Thomas Bo Larsen, Paw Henriksen, Helle Fagralid, Charlotte Bidstrup, Nicolei Faber, Torbjørn Hummel, Rasmus Iversen, Lars Oluf Larsen
Cinematography
Jan Pallesen
Runtime
75 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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