Say what you will about Michael Bay, but even his critics will admit that he understands his audience better than most. Bay's aesthetic is synonymous with action movies of the 1990s, but he kept reinventing himself as his career progressed. His adventurous spirit can also be felt in his latest narrative feature,Ambulance, which features some of the most dynamic drone footage ever projected on a big screen.
For a decade spanning the 2000s and the 2010s, however, Bay remained occupied with one film franchise: Transformers. It didn't end well, with his fifth installment — Transformers: The Last Knight — underperforming at the box office and being universally panned. But things weren't always so dire; the franchise got off to a strong start with a movie that encapsulated everything that Bay's movies stand for.