This paranoid thriller begins as Eric Roberts' girlfriend (
Janine Turner) is taken away in an ambulance and he can't find her. She's been taken prisoner by
Eric Braeden, a crazed doctor who kidnaps people and sells their bodies for spare parts. Roberts hooks up with pretty cop Megan Gallagher to solve the mystery. A campy, action-packed thriller from cult director
Larry Cohen (
It's Alive), The Ambulance features a cameo by Marvel Comics prez
Stan Lee and lots of tongue-in-cheek humor. It's as quirky as Cohen's other genre forays, and is entertaining enough for a rainy day rental, with clever photography by Jacques Haitkin and a tense score by Jay Chattaway. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide