Wild Wild West (Widescreen): Amazon.ca: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine, Frederique Van Der Wal, Musetta Vander, Sofia Eng, Ling Bai, Garcelle Beauvais, Mike H. McGaughy, Barry Sonnenfeld, Barry Josephson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Peter S. Seaman, S.S. Wilson: DVD

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One of the box-office smashes of the summer of 1999, this film by director Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty) was raked by critics but embraced by audiences. Based on the 1960s TV adventure show that starred Robert Conrad, this film reimagined Secret Service agent James West as Will Smith, adding Oscar-winner Kevin Kline as his sidekick, agent-inventor Artemus Gordon. President Ulysses S. Grant puts West and Gordon on the trail of malign genius (and former Confederate soldier) Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) in a story about racism, partnership, and world domination. The special effects are lavish, even garish, but not all that special; they're not enough to elevate a mundane and familiar plot. Even Branagh, playing a man who only exists from the waist up--literally--can't find the juice in this lumbering affair. Still, the fast-talking team of Smith and Kline is a nimble one. Smith's affable charm and Kline's subversive wit win many points, though not nearly enough. --Marshall Fine

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4.0 out of 5 stars funny,action packed,exciting, Aug 13 2007

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i thought this movie was very good.it's funny,exciting and action packed.there's also a fair amount of suspense and lots of irony.Will Smith and Kevin Kline really work well off each other.i thought they balanced the sci-fi and western elements very well.i liked the villain.i thought he was very menacing and cruel.and he also had a twisted,but funny sense of humour.for some reason,this movie didn't do very well at the box office,which mystifies me.it is pretty light in tone and is sometimes played for laughs and sometimes it's played straight,and for me,it works.my vote for Wild Wild West:4/5

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1.0 out of 5 stars Jab your eyes out!, July 9 2004

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Paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa! It's a shame and sad that this movie was made cause it will never have the opportunity to be made right. The TV James West was the perfect wild west secret agent with the gadgets and brawls. Robert Conrad created a wonderful character only to be mocked in this vomitus, stick to the bottom of your shoe movie. Save your money on this and buy some of the real TV episodes. Find "The Night of the Falcon" with Robert Duvall as the foil to James West - perfect example of how this should have been made.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ambitious work, July 1 2004

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While numbers continually dropped in the 19th century American frontier due to murder and disease, what truly conquered the "wild west" was technology. The rapid enumeration of product patents and their proliferation throughout the western territories: the laying of railroads, replacement of wooden structures with brick, the development of communications advances, and the personal automobile all transformed the place we know of as the Old West into its modern equivalent.

Sonnenfeld here has cleverly respun this history in the form of a narrative story, sometimes metaphorically accurate, and sometimes hilariously inverted. When gunslinger Captain 'Jim' West (Smith) and master-of-disguise 'Artemus' Gordon (Kline) are paired up to defeat the psychotic Confederate and mad inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Branagh), it's an idealistic winner takes all in the battle between the traditional west and the technological Eastern invasion. Of course to throw things further off-kilter, Sonnenfeld has made our protagonist, West, a black Civil War hero. With 20th century concepts of individual vs. corporate control, sexual promiscuity and identity, and racial equality and acceptance, "Wild Wild West" recasts this unique historical period to its modern viewers.

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3.0 out of 5 stars funny
This is one of those movies that make you laugh and have a good time, of course the plot it's bad, and the situations in the movie are absurd. Lisez davantage

Published on Jun 16 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars What Were They Thinking?
Wild Wild West is one of those movies that make you wonder just what were they thinking when this movie was being made. Lisez davantage

Published on Jun 7 2004 by Charles J. Rector

4.0 out of 5 stars It's really not all that bad
I can remember seeing Wild Wild West opening weekend back in the summe of 1997. I was so excited to see it after hearing the theme song and knowing my boy Will Smith was going to... Lisez davantage

Published on Jun 2 2004 by Matthew Edmundson

5.0 out of 5 stars "West, James West"
I was a fan of the old TV series 'Wild, Wild West' - full of action, adventure, pretty women, weird plots and advanced super-weapons - what more could you want? Lisez davantage

Published on Jan 18 2004 by Michael Valdivielso

4.0 out of 5 stars Bashful's DVD Summary #012
Best:

1) The villian is riotously played by Kenneth Branagh using an over-the-top southern accent. He wants to undo the south's surrender in the U.S. Lisez davantage

Published on Jan 6 2004 by Brian Hiel

1.0 out of 5 stars bad
This movie was hyped up so much that it just had to fail. The script was predictable, and even the acting was bad from every actor. I hate that wasted money on this movie. Lisez davantage

Published on Jan 5 2004 by Dance Dance Dance

4.0 out of 5 stars So it's not Shakespeare...
So I was perusing the reviews for this movie before getting a copy and I must say that in regards to this movie, people came to the table with far too high expectations for this... Lisez davantage

Published on Jan 5 2004 by GuildNavigator84

1.0 out of 5 stars Not wild enough
Where did "Wild Wild West" go so wrong? It teams "Men in Black" director Barry Sonnenfield with Will Smith, Kenneth Branagh and Salma Hayek, and the only... Lisez davantage

Published on Dec 29 2003 by E. A Solinas

1.0 out of 5 stars the worst movie ever made
i hated this movie. no more to say.

Published on Dec 21 2003 by Justin M Kirby

1.0 out of 5 stars Wow... way to destroy a classic.
I've always felt that there are certain television shows which could never translate well to the big screen. Lisez davantage

Published on Oct 30 2003 by John A. Daly