00:00Must get to the water in style. I'm Hasselhoff, meets The Rock, meets Efron. See my abs?
00:10That's right, Baywatch hits theaters May 25th, and the Hollywood Reporter's review is in.
00:15Film critic Frank Scheck sets the stage for the inevitability of this one.
00:19All moderately successful, mediocre television shows are destined to be reborn as feature films.
00:24And apparently R-rated ones too, at least in the case of Baywatch, as Scheck points out
00:29That the film's guiding creative ethos was apparently to push the envelope and go for an R-rating becomes painfully clear.
00:36Baywatch strains for a vulgarity that never comes remotely close to being funny.
00:41The reboot, or as Scheck puts it, the cynical cash grab that it is, stars Dwayne Johnson as Mitch, played by David Hasselhoff in the original series,
00:48who is the no-nonsense leader of the Baywatch team.
00:51That squad includes newcomer Zac Efron as the two-time Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Matt Brody,
00:57and John Bass as Ronnie, who Scheck calls the pudgy lifeguard in training.
01:02The plot involves the Baywatchers springing into action to counter a wave of drugs sweeping the area,
01:07masterminded by resort owner slash villainous Victoria Leeds, played by Priyanka Chopra.
01:12The low level of humor, as Scheck notes, includes a stuck junk scene.
01:16I'll let you guys figure that one out.
01:17But the critic says the casual throwaway gags turn out to be a lot funnier.
01:21The critic also says that Johnson's effortless charm and surprising comic gifs make the film almost watchable.
01:27And that Efron, who has come to rely on his obnoxious frat boy schtick far too often, takes off his shirt a lot.
01:34There are brief appearances by original stars Hasselhoff and Anderson,
01:37but Scheck writes that those are, unfortunately, underwhelming.
01:41All in all, the review concludes that the big screen reboot is
01:44lifeless and mechanical.
01:46Baywatch proves much less than the sum of its undeniably attractive body parts.
01:50Ooh, I'm the hunkiest lifeguard around.
01:53So what do you guys think of the movie and the review?
01:55Let me know in the comments if you think this reboot will make a splash.
01:58For the...
01:59Really guys?
02:00Okay.
02:01For the Howard Reporter News, I'm not Zac Efron.
02:04I'm Paul Costabile.
02:05See you guys.
02:06This episode of The Hollywood Reporter News is brought to you by American Airlines,
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