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Baywatch
Baywatch

6.1

Baywatch

R·2017·116m

Summary

Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.

Cast

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson

Mitch Buchanan

Zac Efron

Zac Efron

Matt Brody

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Victoria Leeds

Alexandra Daddario

Alexandra Daddario

Summer Quinn

Kelly Rohrbach

Kelly Rohrbach

CJ Parker

Ilfenesh Hadera

Ilfenesh Hadera

Stephanie Holden

Jon Bass

Jon Bass

Ronnie Greenbaum

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Sgt. Ellerbee

Hannibal Buress

Hannibal Buress

Dave the Tech

Rob Huebel

Rob Huebel

Captain Thorpe

Amin Joseph

Amin Joseph

Frankie

Jack Kesy

Jack Kesy

Leon

Óscar Núñez

Óscar Núñez

Councilman Rodriguez

David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff

The Mentor

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson

Casey Jean Parker

Clem Cheung

Clem Cheung

Murray Chen

Belinda

Belinda

Carmen

Charlotte McKinney

Charlotte McKinney

Julia

Izabel Goulart

Izabel Goulart

Amber

Arian Foster

Arian Foster

Vernon Davis

Vernon Davis

Vernon Davis

Eros Exarhiou

Frosty

Maxie G. Rosales

Pier Teenage Girl

Karin Silvestri

Karin Silvestri

Pier Mom

Vincenzo Hinckley

Vincenzo Hinckley

Pete

Brandon Larracuente

Brandon Larracuente

Skateboarder

Kelvin Witherspoon

Skateboarder

Welder Santos

Huntley Club Member

David Weiss

Cell Phone Customer

Damien LaRoy

Kite Surfer

Peter Anaya

Huntley Waiter

L.J. Ruth

Pier Boy

Brenda Lowe

Surfer

Jackson Geach

Jackson Geach

Billy

Brandon Thomas Lee

Brandon Thomas Lee

Scull Rower

James A. Sutton

Huntley Security Guard

Juliette Mathis

High Chair Baby Girl

Samantha Harris

Samantha Harris

Interviewer

Seth Gordon

Seth Gordon

Helicopter Pilot

John Cenatiempo

John Cenatiempo

Sergeant (uncredited)

Shay Davila

Bikini Girl (uncredited)

Bria Danielle Davis

Beach Goer (uncredited)

Ana Flavia Gavlak

Ana Flavia Gavlak

Lifeguard (uncredited)

Whitney Goin

Whitney Goin

Doctor (uncredited)

Apollo GT

Apollo GT

Beach Goer (uncredited)

Lee Hodge

Lifeguard (uncredited)

Angelique Kenney

Angelique Kenney

Surfer beach babe (uncredited)

Matthew Kosto

Matthew Kosto

Shark Bite Boy (uncredited)

Gage Lawson

Gage Lawson

Beachgoer (uncredited)

Casey McCullum

Beach Goer (uncredited)

Earl Poitier

The Kitchen Worker (uncredited)

Damon Preston

Damon Preston

Lifeguard #1 (uncredited)

Kelly Róisín

Kelly Róisín

Party Goer / Beach Goer (uncredited)

Cody Scott

Crewman (uncredited)

Haviland Stillwell

Haviland Stillwell

Allegre (uncredited)

Zachary Vazquez

Zachary Vazquez

Lifeguard (uncredited)

Barbara Vincent

Yachter (uncredited)

Maegan Vogel

Bikini Model (uncredited)

Acoryé White

Acoryé White

Kitchen Staff (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Seth Gordon

Screenplay

Damian Shannon

Screenplay

Mark Swift

Story

Thomas Lennon

Story

David Ronn

Story

Robert Ben Garant

Story

Jay Scherick

Reviews

C

CraigJamesReview

May 12, 2017

Baywatch is a movie based off the popular TV show of the same name which launched the careers of such acting talents as Yasmine Bleeth and Pam Anderson. And then those quickly died right afterwards but hey, the show ran like 11 years and…little known fact, Jason Mamoa was on spin-off show Baywatch: Hawaii.

The movie is very much like the show; as in if you walk in expecting to take it seriously you're already watching it wrong. The situations people need to be rescued from are just as ridiculous and far-fetched and the main plot here gets far more convoluted and hackneyed than the average day of any real lifeguard.

And like 21 Jump Street and a bunch of lesser TV to movie adaptations, this seeks to make fun of all of it, plus all the slo-mo beach running. Does it come off as good as Jump Street? No. Do we need this? God no. I mean didn't the show basically already make fun of itself enough as it is?

But all I can say here, and I guess the only thing anyone interested in this might want to know is, it could have been so much worse. I'm not saying this is the best movie of the summer so far. I don't really even know if i'm saying this is a good movie. But it's easy enough to sit through and the laughs, while not great, are consistent.

Where the script sucks, the cast knows how to make fun of itself. The Rock is the head honcho who takes the job very seriously. Zac Efron is the selfish, cool pretty boy new trainee who clashes with him. Both have a plethora of jokes for one another that work with varying degrees of success.

There's a fat lifeguard and the movie takes the shots you would expect it to take but actor Jon Bass also does have some comedic talent here in the Josh Gadd sense of the word. Actually he may even be funnier than Josh Gadd. Point is he works the best here from a comedic perspective.

The movie gives us quite a few dick jokes but this dude actually has one embarrassing moment that may rank up there with "There's Something About Mary", just with not as good a payoff.

Hannibal Burress also gets a couple scenes for a cameo and I love when he gets those. It's time for Burress to headline a movie though.

The women aren't as funny but I guess you can say they add some nice support to that and the action. Alexandra Daddario has shown a few times she's a pretty decent actress, and the others don't just seem like stiffs there to just show off a hot body. Priyanka Chopra is also here as the villain, and she's fine.

The whole movie can really be described as fine. It's funny and doesn't take itself too seriously and the cast all seems game for it. You don't have to see, but if you do, know it's already planning on sequels.

So I go 6 out of 10 on this one. For more reviews, check me out on Youtube at- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY_IvAm1bJADConJhDCuq6A

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$69,000,000.00

Revenue:

$177,900,000.00

Keywords

drug dealer
sea
beach
yacht
life-saver
lifeguard
rookie
vigilantism