Everything Bay, Everywhere All At Once. Non-stop corniness, violence and property destruction, insane drone camera work, equally worshipful reverence of meathead cops and cartel guys, Gyllenhaal in full manic weirdo mode, a love letter to movies and the biggest character actor of all: the city of Los Angeles!
Bay combines Heat and Speed, but what if instead of the really tight, cool crew in Heat, we had a collection of the most unlikable oafs and morons imaginable? What if instead of Sandra Bullock driving a bus, we had a hot babe who has to pull a guy's spleen out of his guts at 60 mph?
Despite Bay's cornball jingoism and cop worship, what is this movie really about? It begins…