The Rock takes full responsibility for rotten Baywatch film

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Dwayne Johnson as Mitch Buchannon and Zac Efron as Matt Brody (Picture: Paramount)

Dwayne Johnson has taken the blame for his 2017 Baywatch reboot being so rotten and shitty.

His words, not ours.

Taking to Instagram, the actor revealed he had returned home after months away filming only to open his post and discover that Disney had sent him a gift commemorating the incredible sale for the Moana soundtrack – and that his Golden Razzie award had also popped through the letterbox.

Categorized as — A movie so rotten and shitty, you actually fell in love with it. Hey, I take full responsibility for the ? so punch me right in the kisser for that one, he added.

The film saw Dwayne, also known as The Rock, take on the role of Mitch Buchanan – made famous in the 90s by David Hasselhoff – who along with hius colleagues CJ and Stephanie are hosting annual tryouts for the Baywatch team.

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This year there are three places for the taking rather than one, and one of the potentials is the arrogant, selfish and stupid two-time Olympic gold medallist Matt The Vomit Comet Brody (Zac Efron), who wastes no time in irritating and exasperating Mitch and his team.

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While Brody and two others potentials, Summer (Alexandra Daddario) and Ronnie (Jon Bass) try to force their way into the Baywatch ranks, shipments of the drug flaca are washing up on the beach, and a particularly pouty and sinister upmarket resort owner called Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra) is gliding in and out of the picture.

Metro.co.uk branded these two plots as more than an adequate platform for the Baywatch team to run around in slow-motion or do other ridiculous things but that ultimately the film was stupid and juvenile but a worthy successor to its soap opera original.

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