Director: Christopher Leone
Year: 2025
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Action/Comedy
Plot:
Burnt out on the job, a veteran paramedic decides that he's done with wanting to remain on the force, draining him of his life savings and will to live. Knowing he's about to leave his job, he decides that his last day on the job will be spent training his replacement, but when that turns into a chaotic, unhinged night, he finds that doing his job is a bit more complicated than he thought.
Review:
This was an enjoyable and generally fun feature. This is mainly built around the idea of the well-deserved mental breakdown coming as a fairly obvious response to his life and work ethic, being so broken down from the underpaid, emotionally draining, and physically demanding work he performs. With everything shown here making it inevitable that he'd be going towards a crash out with the toll of the job, the underlying performance here is based on how that affects his crew while attempting to perform his final duties with everyone. As this goes hand in hand with the personalities of those around him while playing out this final trip, everything here makes for a fun time watching them play off each other.
That comes about even more with the different struggles and interactions that come into play with the different figures they come across while trying to serve their duties. From saving people from car accidents, drug overdoses, or other kinds of injuries that others are inflicted with throughout the shift they encounter, there's a slew of specialized encounters detailing the type of weird situations that are presented here. This continues throughout the film so that not only do these genuinely intriguing scenarios paint a picture of life as a paramedic, but also help to drain the life force as well, so his mental break has more fuel to be believable. It might end up making for a slightly repetitive effort waiting for it to play out, but it’s not nearly that detrimental.
Overview: ***.5/5
A fun enough effort that has enough likable factors going for it, this one manages to focus on enough likable qualities that there’s plenty to enjoy here, with some minor issues bringing it down. Those who enjoy this kind of style or who are fans of the creative crew will have the most to like here, while most others out there will want to heed caution.
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