BAYWATCH Movie Review : Priyanka Chopra is the only good thing in this Juvenile but not hilarious film!

Image : Poster of Baywatch

CAST - Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Jon Bass, Ilfenesh Hadera, Kelly Rohrbach, Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff.

DIRECTOR - Seth Gordon

GENRE - Action

DURATION - 1hr 56mins

RATING - 3/5

PLOT - The film (Baywatch) is a comic adaptation of a 90's beach-set TV Series. The story revolves around an elite lifeguard crew which is headed by Mitch Buchannon (Dwayne Johnson), who must stick together to keep their shores clean and secure from the baddie - Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra).

REVIEW - Baywatch marks Priyanka Chopra's Hollywood debut, she looks smokin hot in this two hours Action Comedy. Despite her first Hollywood film, she's been given a limited scope as an actor, the desi girl PeeCee infuses that much-needed glamour to the proceedings as opposed to the babes in red, who are not a patch on Pamela Anderson. Despite flaunting their assets in abundance, both Alexandra Daddario and Kelly Rohrbach are startlingly forgettable even in the iconic slow-mos. And sadly, they are one of the factors that make Baywatch hard to stay afloat.

Sadly, the plot is just another joke, but the film’s bizarre choppy editing deserves a Razzie. It makes Victoria and her two lame sidekicks look like an interruption as their random appearances bear no consequence to the parallel lifeguard track. The scenes lack connection and except Zac and Dwayne’s amusing banter, the characters have zilch chemistry.

Zac Efron’s ridiculous dumb character is hilarious. Speaking of the team spirit he explains, “There’s no "I" in team, but there is "Me".”  The most funniest thing about this cheesy action-comedy is Dwayne Johnson mocking the cocky ‘pretty boy’, which spoofs the original series more often. The film is a complete mindless fun but things start going downhill when the movie turns into an illogical and unfunny crime drama. Drug packets are more conveniently discovered on the beach than seashells and characters spout wisdom by uttering lines to the effect of, ‘You don’t Baywatch, you are Baywatch.’ Eventually, even the deliberate bad jokes dry up and the gorgeous beach shots start struggling to keep you under it's ‘future vacation’ dream spell.

FINAL WORDS - This one ceases to be a treat for the eyes the minute you see Zac Efron dressed in drag and launching a ‘vomit comet’ every time he slips into the swimming pool.
For fans of the original, this one isn't the one, we were waiting for!

IN DEPTH RATINGS -

DIRECTION - 3/5

PLOT - 2.5/5

DIALOGUES - 3/5
BGM - 3/5

VISUAL APPEAL = 3.5/5