Fixing Baywatch (2017): A collection of random thoughts.

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Mitch should be faced with a new challenge. He should be surprised and shocked to discover the drugs washing up onto his beach. It should be a situation that he has never encountered before, thus upping the stakes of the movie.

At his lowest point, Mitch should have reached out to Sgt. Ellerbee for his help in solving the crime. A real heart to heart talk about doing the right thing, pulling Ellerbee into the team would have evolved their relationship, strengthening their friendship and creating a stronger sense of community for the beach.

Remove the cellphone store scenes altogether. Mitch has savings that he could coast financially for a while, as he continues working the case as an individual. Show him still taking his morning jogs along the beach. Show him on his laptop getting background info on Victoria Leeds and her crime family background, reaching out to his mentor Mitch (David Hasselhoff) either in person or over the phone, pulling strings, helping with the case.

Remove Mitch’s swearing. Mitch is a professional so he should be acting like one. Every time he swore, it was jarring and took something away from the performance.

Rework the scene where Brody and Summer are looking at the Autopsy photos so that we don’t see the photos, only Ronnie’s reaction to them. Not seeing the gore and seeing Ronnie not try to throw up would have been perfect.

Reduce the gore in general. It added nothing to the story.

Optional idea: Not having Dwayne Johnson as the main character. Rather tell the story from the POV of the trainee, Ronnie. He was essentially the empty vessel character (much like Keanu in The Matrix) that allows the audience to experience everything vicariously through him.