Baywatch -2017- < LIMITED - 2024 >
Baywatch (2017) is a cinematic beach read: trashy, fun, and best enjoyed with low expectations and a few drinks. It’s not a good movie in the traditional sense—the plot is nonsense, the jokes are hit-or-miss (about 60% land, 40% die on the sand), and it’s about 20 minutes too long.
Logline: When a dangerous new synthetic drug threatens the pristine beaches of Emerald Bay, a by-the-book, elite lifeguard must team up with a hot-headed, rule-breaking former Olympian to take down a mysterious drug lord. Baywatch -2017-
Directed by Seth Gordon ( Horrible Bosses ), the film takes the premise of the iconic TV series and injects it with the DNA of 21 Jump Street and Bad Boys . It’s less about saving drowning tourists and more about uncovering a conspiracy involving a shady businesswoman (a perfectly cast Priyanka Chopra), corrupt city officials, and a lot of dead bodies washing ashore. Baywatch (2017) is a cinematic beach read: trashy,