Baywatch -2017- π π
5.5/10 β Watch it for the buddy comedy, skip it for the plot. Best viewed on a lazy Sunday with your brain firmly on the shore.
Baywatch (2017) is a cinematic beach read: trashy, fun, and best enjoyed with low expectations and a few drinks. Itβs not a good movie in the traditional senseβthe plot is nonsense, the jokes are hit-or-miss (about 60% land, 40% die on the sand), and itβs about 20 minutes too long. Baywatch -2017-
In 2017, Paramount Pictures dove headfirst into the nostalgia pool, dragging the most famous lifeguards in television history onto the big screen. The result? Baywatch β a raunchy, R-rated, self-aware action-comedy that trades the slow-motion jiggle of the 1990s for dick jokes, extreme violence, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson flexing his way through a murder investigation. Itβs not a good movie in the traditional