the rare movie that even the Teflon-coated, thousand-watt charisma of Dwayne Johnson can't save. It's possible that this sloppy, scattershot nod to '90s jiggle TV was inevitable
a few jokes hit home - Johnson's constant ribbing of Efron for his boyband looks, for example - but this Baywatch makes the fatal mistake of assuming it's got a worthwhile story to tell
a character acknowledging that the proceedings resemble an "entertaining but far-fetched TV show" isn't enough to make Baywatch anything more than the cynical cash grab that it is