Malibu Rescue – The Movie

 is an American action-comedy movie directed by Savage Steve Holland and written by Jed Elinoff & Scott Thomas and starring Ricardo Hurtado, Breanna Yde, and Jackie R. Jacobson. This movie became available for streaming on Netflix on May 13, 2019.

Summary
"When a long list of shenanigans lands Tyler in hot water, he’s forced to suit up and spend his summer training for an elite junior lifeguard program."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Plot
In the San Fernando Valley on the last day of school, trouble making teenager Tyler Howard accidentally ensues a chase around his school campus after instigating a fight with his bully. After a series of events, Officer Wagstaff visits Tyler's home and informs the family of Tyler's mischief. Tyler's mother suggest that he help the school janitor during the summer cleanup, but Tyler's step-father, Roger, suggests he attend Junior Rescue, a program hosted in Malibu Beach that focuses on being a lifeguard, with an annual competition called the Crucible hosted at the end of the month that decides who gets a tower to help guard the beach during the summer. Tyler's day gets better after learning that Vooch, his favorite bus driver, will be driving him to Malibu. Vooch picks up the athletic and sarcastic Gina, and the witty and intelligent Lizzie, whose mother suggests that going to Junior Rescue is a bad idea. Unbeknownst to Vooch, the nonathletic and truthful Eric had missed the bus and has followed Vooch across the state.

Arriving at Malibu Beach, Tyler helps up the sweaty Eric and meets Dylan, a clumsy and kind captain at Junior Rescue. To Tyler's dismay, Eric informs him of Junior Rescue's true purpose and instantly forms a rivalry with fellow captain Brody, who hates kids from the Valley. Other captain Spencer leads the team on several exercises that include a two mile run, carrying ten pound bags, paddling across shore, all while Brody mocks Tyler's physical strength. Dylan struggles while explaining the purpose of Junior Rescue and is routinely mocked by Brody and the other captains. During a standardized swim test, Tyler notices that Gina is on the swim team, but is suspicious when she keeps fumbling in the water. Arriving home from Junior Rescue, Tyler wishes to quit; Roger forbids it.

The next day, Brody assigns the kids to their training pods and captains to help guide them throughout the program. Brody takes lead of the "Dogfish" while Dylan is assigned Tyler, Gina, Lizzie, and Eric, otherwise known as the "Flounders.". During several training exercises, Tyler rigs them and creates several mayhem throughout the day in order to get kicked out of Junior Rescue. When Tyler removes the screws on Brody's lifeguard chair, Garvin, the program's leader, refuses to remove Tyler from the program and puts the blame on Dylan. Garvin reveals that he was forced by the Mayor to accept kids from non-beach cities into the program, and decides to take advantage of Tyler's situation to show the Mayor that the Valley doesn't deserve to be included. While the Flounders rebuild the chair, they spot a man that is drowning in the ocean. The Flounders pod springs into action, but the whole thing is revealed to be a ruse created by Brody to humiliate the Flounders. A kid named Jeffy begins messing with Tyler while attempting to avoid his suspicious mother.

On the ride home, Vooch's bus breaks down while the kids wait for him on a deserted spot near the road. While reconciling with the kids, Tyler is motivated to start putting effort into the program. Tyler and the rest of the kids begin improving during their training exercises, alarming Garvin. Garvin then allows Tyler to leave the program, but Tyler refuses, satisfied with how the Flounders have become like a family to him. While attempting to get revenge on Brody, Tyler inadvertently ruins a sand sculpting competition, allowing Garvin to kick out Tyler and ruining the Flounders' chances at winning the Crucible. Tyler then spends the rest of the summer helping the janitor, but is confronted by the Flounders, who have since learned of Garvin's motives and come to reveal to Tyler that the sculpting competition is outside of Garvin's jurisdiction, which doesn't give Garvin the right to have kicked out Tyler.

Arriving at the Crucible, the Flounders reveal to Garvin their plan to win the Crucible but are interrupted by the mayor, who has come to see the progress of the Flounders during the competition. Garvin decides to then attempt to sabatoge the Flounders, but is bested when the Flounders get a lead in the Crucible. During the swimming portion of the Crucible, Gina reveals that she is not actually part of the swim team and had actually come to Junior Rescue to help overcome her struggle in the water. Tyler motivates her and helps her overpower her fears, which ends with Tyler getting on an A.T.V in the final portion of the race. Midway through, he is stopped by Jeffy's mother, who reveals that Jeffy had stowed away in a rouge boat and asks the Flounders to rescue him from oncoming flammable oil barrels on the pier. Forced to cooperate, Lizzie drives the Flounders out to the boat while Eric catches Jeffy when Gina throws him from the boat. Tyler them misdirects the boat to hit jagged rocks.

Returning to shore, the Flounders are hailed heroes by the crowd. In a twist of events, the mayor is revealed to be Jeffy's father from a failed marriage. He thanks the Flounders for their bravery and forces Garvin to give the Flounders a tower. Garvin reluctantly agrees in hopes of keeping his job, encountering his old fellow Junior Rescue buddy, who is revealed to be Roger, who states that he is proud of Tyler. The next day, the Flounders see their new tower and set out to own the summer.

Cast and Characters

 * Ricardo Hurtado as Tyler
 * Breanna Yde as Gina
 * Jackie R. Jacobson as Dylan
 * Abby Donnelly as Lizzie
 * Alkoya Brunson as Eric
 * JT Neal as Brody
 * Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Rathbone
 * Ian Ziering as Garvin Cross
 * Jeremy Howard as Vooch
 * Jeff Meacham as Roger
 * Catia Ojeda as Diane
 * Camaron Engels as Spencer
 * Ella Gross as Sasha
 * Bryana Salaz as Logan
 * Treisa Gary as Officer Wagstaff
 * Michael Mourra as Jeffy
 * Austin Fryberger as Craig
 * Molly Haldeman as Jeffy's Mom
 * Rodney J. Hobbs as The Mayor
 * Mary Passeri as Lizzie's Mom