Review: Baywatch (15)

The eternally cheesy 1990s teatime telly show gets a 21 Jump Street-style reboot '“ minus Jump Street's sharp script, adroit casting and mastery of tone. Instead it casts Dwayne Johnson in the David Hasselhoff role and Zac Efron as the cocky new recruit to his team of body-conscious lifeguards, whose inflated sense of their own crime-fighting responsibilities brings them into conflict with their boss, a ruthless drug syndicate and local law enforcement.
REBOOT: Zac Efron plays Matt Brody and Dwayne Johnson plays Mitch Buchannon.  Picture : PA Photo/Paramount.REBOOT: Zac Efron plays Matt Brody and Dwayne Johnson plays Mitch Buchannon.  Picture : PA Photo/Paramount.
REBOOT: Zac Efron plays Matt Brody and Dwayne Johnson plays Mitch Buchannon. Picture : PA Photo/Paramount.

On general release