Only a few directors are just as subtlety as Michael Bay. He is a filmmaker who can transform any kind of scene into an action scene and often films calmer moments as if he is turning the climax of a film. But while Bay has produced many spectacular action scenes In the past, his latest film could be his bold and most impressive work so far. It was also extremely dangerous to shoot, so much that the bay could not be legally near the set while the cameras rolled.
When you hear the words “A documentary from Michael Bay”, I think a lot of thoughts. However, if you watch “we are storror”, you will recognize that, NaturallyDying Parkour Daredevils, who carry out unusual stunts, would be the topic that attracted Bay’s attention.
There was only a little problem. As a member of the Directors Guild of America, Bay was legally obliged to ensure that a sentence on which he works is risk -free and as safe as is possible. Of course, a film about people who jump hundreds of foot above the ground over roofs is anything but risk -free.
“I said, ‘I don’t want to know what you do. I do not agree. What you do is illegal. This is completely wrong’,” said Bay during a Q&A after the premiere of “We Are Storror” at SXSW. “I don’t do anything about it. I’m not a producer. I’m not a director, so forget my name, call me later and I will see the film material and see if I licens it.”
Bay and his legal team have found out for years how to make “We Are Storror” in a way that would not bring the director into legal danger if something should go wrong (and it did a lot). The key was that he would not be allowed on the set or would not be involved in filming at all. “I could not be involved in any way, in shape or form,” Bay stated with the questions and answers. He could not even have knowledge of the film material until everything was turned and everyone lived and well – to the point where a big accident that occurred early during the shooting was complete for Bay when he learned about it much later.
We are Storror is an intensive action documentation
“We Are Storror” tells the story of Storror, a YouTube Parkour team that consists of a group of parkour artists from London (two sets of brothers and three friends). The team had previously worked with Bay on the Parkour scenes in “6 underground”, a film that has one of the worst posters ever.
As you would expect, based on the concept, Bay’s commitment and Storror’s history of incredible and wild stunts “We Are Storror” has some of the most intense and breathtaking action stunts that were brought to the screen in 2025. The “ambulance” in Bay’s thriller. In the meantime, acrobatics themselves are as visceral as the “Free Solo” air conditioning system, only they take place every 10 minutes instead of simply at the end. If you suffer from Vertigo, you have a bad time with this film … And even if you do not do this, you may still be able to leave the theater with sweaty palms and a new appreciation that you do not have to carry out any of these dangerous stunts in your own life.
In fact, “We Are Storror” feels without explosions or shootings like a Michael Bay project, since these British people in the roofs in Malta can defy the severity of gravity or run with monkeys on Indian roofs. Regardless of whether you are already a fan of the group or this is the first time that you hear from you, your global throttling adventure is inspiring.
In We Are Storror, Parkour are the friends we made on the go
In addition to the intensive parkour scenes, what “We are Storror” is a good documentary, the moving research of the male bond. Although Bay was not involved in the actual shootout, he had a great grade for the members of Storror: “Shoot everything.” This included the preparation process for every stunt, the meticulous planning for choreography, the dust of the website, so that they do not meet any surprises, the mess and their doubts. These are things that the group always leaves out of their YouTube videos. So she made the difference.
You can see that the film begins with the group of the same name, who practices her latest stunt in a Portuguese dam before a friend of them suffers a terrible accident. This event throws a shadow on the rest of the film, since the different members of storror react differently to this near -death experience. After all, they are no longer a teenager, but men in the 30s whose bodies do not react to all the wear. We learn the victims who have brought them for the group, have left studies and other career paths, and see the beginnings of their doubts and their regret, since they realize that they may not yet have to risk their lives for a YouTube video.
Similar to “Jackass Forever”, “We Are Storror” has a melancholic atmosphere. The film may have been a celebration of your trip so far, but it is also a bit of coda for at least one era of your career. The documentary has one aspect of the Peter Pan syndrome and how these guys basically realized their dream much too early. Now you have to reckon with the adulthood of adulthood, the naivety of the youth, the prize for converting your hobby into a job and also the fool of dangerous stunts, all of which provide care and empathy for the documentary.
Storror will continue to make videos (you have made several shot since this film was edited) and Michael Bay will continue to make big, ridiculous films. Nevertheless, “We Are Storror” reveals another side of both creative people, of which I wish we could see more in the future.
