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Baywatch
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6.1Devoted 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 as Mitch Buchanan
- Zac Efron as Matt Brody
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Victoria Leeds
- Alexandra Daddario as Summer Quinn
- Kelly Rohrbach Walton as CJ Parker
- Ilfenesh Hadera as Stephanie Holden
Themes
- drug dealer
- sea
- beach
- life-saver
- lifeguard
- rookie
- vigilantism
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Ratings
IMDb
5.5/10
217,240 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
18%
Metacritic
37/100
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 5 wins & 11 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Seth Gordon
- Screenplay by
- Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
- Story by
- Jay Scherick David Ronn Thomas Lennon Robert Ben Garant
- Based on
- Baywatch , by Michael Berk Douglas Schwartz Gregory J. Bonann
- Produced by
- Ivan Reitman Beau Flynn Michael Berk Douglas Schwartz Gregory J. Bonann
- Starring
- Dwayne Johnson Zac Efron
- Cinematography
- Eric Steelberg
- Edited by
- Peter S. Elliot
- Music by
- Christopher Lennertz
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures Uncharted Shanghai Film Group Huahua Media The Montecito Picture Company Seven Bucks Productions Flynn Company Co. Fremantle Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- May 13, 2017 ( 2017-05-13 ) ( Miami ) May 25, 2017 ( 2017-05-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $65–69 million
- Box office
- $177.9 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Baywatch
- Director
- Seth Gordon
- Screenwriter
- Douglas Schwartz
- Cast member
- Jon Bass
- Composer
- Christopher Lennertz
- Producer
- Beau Flynn
- Production company
- Seven Bucks Productions
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 260060
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thebaywatchmovie.com
- Image
- Baywatch Bondi Beach (33900730803).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- publication date
- 2017-05-25
- distributed by
- Hulu
- title
- Baywatch
- Commons category
- Baywatch (film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 37/100
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Baywatch is a 2017 American action comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, with a screenplay by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, from a story by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant. It is based on the television series of the same name created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Gregory J. Bonann and takes place within the same fictional universe. The film stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.
The story follows lifeguard Mitch Buchannon and his team, who must take down a drug lord in an effort to save their beach.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baywatch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.