After Mitch and the gang attend Leed's party without finding out about the flakka, Mitch, Brody, and Summer later infiltrate the hospital morgue. Ellerbee disapproves of Mitch's further investigative actions. When a private yacht catches fire, the occupants are evacuated, except for deceased councilman Rodriguez. Finally, those who made the tryouts are Ronnie Greenbaum, Summer Quinn, and Matt Brody. As the course is ending, a mom and her kids start drowning, so the lifeguards and Brody rush in to save them, although Brody isn't a lifeguard yet. He and Holden tease him, Mitch later makes Brody try to beat him on the "big boys'" course. Mitch later meets Matt Brody, who thinks his Olympic position entitles him to be on the team without trying out. On morning patrol, Mitch finds a small pouch of flakka by the Huntley Club, now owned by businesswoman Victoria Leeds, who has been bribing city councilman Rodriguez and others to control the bay. With over 500 rescues in his career, Mitch is beloved by the community, annoying beat cop Garner Ellerbee and his superior, Captain Thorpe.
Parker, protect the beaches and the bay as part of an elite division known as Baywatch. Mitch Buchannon and his team of lifeguards, including second-in-command Stephanie Holden and veteran C.J. Baywatch received five nominations at the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actor for Efron. The film was released in the United States on May 25, 2017, by Paramount Pictures, grossed $177 million worldwide and received negative reviews.
Principal photography began on February 22, 2016, in Florida and Savannah, Georgia. The story follows lifeguard Mitch Buchannon and his team who must take down a drug lord in an effort to save their beach. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Jon Bass, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Priyanka Chopra and David Hasselhoff.
The film is based on the television series created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Gregory J.
Baywatch is a 2017 American action comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, and written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon (from a story by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant).