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Wild Wild West

  • 19991999
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 46m
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4.9/10
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Kevin Kline and Will Smith in Wild Wild West (1999)
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The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing ... Read allThe two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.
IMDb RATING
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163K
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POPULARITY
2,245
1,700
    • Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Writers
    • Jim Thomas(story)
    • John Thomas(story)
    • S.S. Wilson(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Will Smith
    • Kevin Kline
    • Kenneth Branagh
    • Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Writers
    • Jim Thomas(story)
    • John Thomas(story)
    • S.S. Wilson(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Will Smith
    • Kevin Kline
    • Kenneth Branagh
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    • 685User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 38Metascore
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    Salma Hayek as Rita Escobar
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    Will Smith
    Will Smith
    • James West
    Kevin Kline
    Kevin Kline
    • Artemus Gordon…
    Kenneth Branagh
    Kenneth Branagh
    • Dr. Arliss Loveless
    Salma Hayek
    Salma Hayek
    • Rita Escobar
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Coleman
    Ted Levine
    Ted Levine
    • General McGrath
    Frederique Van Der Wal
    Frederique Van Der Wal
    • Amazonia
    • (as Frederique van der Wal)
    Musetta Vander
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    • Munitia
    Sofia Eng
    Sofia Eng
    • Miss Lippenrieder
    Bai Ling
    Bai Ling
    • Miss East
    Garcelle Beauvais
    Garcelle Beauvais
    • Girl In Water Tower
    Mike H. McGaughy
    • Big Reb
    • (as Mike McGaughy)
    Jerry Wills
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    Rodney A. Grant
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    Debra Christofferson
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    • Trivia
      Will Smith turned down the lead role in The Matrix (1999) to star in this movie, being a fan of the television series. He later said this was the worst decision he made in his career.
    • Goofs
      It is highly unlikely that chain mail (which is all Gordon's "impermeable" amounts to) would actually hold against a bullet fired from close range. Even if it did, the impact would almost certainly break bones and cause severe trauma.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Arliss Loveless: Mister West! How nice of you to join us tonight and add COLOR to these monochromatic proceedings!

      Capt. James West: Well when a fella comes back from the dead, I find that an occasion to STAND UP and be counted!

      Dr. Arliss Loveless: Miss East informs me that you were expectin' to see General McGrath here. Well, I knew him years ago, but I haven't seen him in a COON's age!

      Capt. James West: Well, I can see where it'd be difficult for a man of your stature to keep in touch with even HALF the people you know.

      Dr. Arliss Loveless: Well, perhaps the lovely Miss East will keep you from bein' a SLAVE to your disappointment!

      Capt. James West: Well, you know beautiful women; they encourage you one minute, and CUT THE LEGS OUT from under you the next!

    • Connections
      Featured in Will Smith: Wild Wild West (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Wild Wild West
      Written by Stevie Wonder, Will Smith, and Kool Moe Dee (as Mohandas Dewese)

      Performed by Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee (as Kool Mo Dee)

      Includes samples from "I Wish"

      Performed by Stevie Wonder

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    It just isn't good
    It's that time of year. The time when Hollywood trots out it's worst of the summer. You know the drill. There's a "Godzilla" every year, somebody has to be it. "Wild Wild West" clenches the title hands down this summer, and we still have eight weeks to go!

    The Will Smith phenomenon has now entered it's third phase: overwhelming ego project. Teaming with his "Men In Black" director Barry Sonnenfeld, Smith has finally teetered over the edge and released an outright mess. A film that will hang in the halls of all time bad event flicks. Should we blame Smith? I think so. "Men In Black" and "Independence Day" were gigantic hits, they even call the 4th of July "Big Willie Weekend" due to these successes. I submit that these films were hits due to the films themselves, the writing, acting, directing, and not just because of Smith. "West" is finally the film that rests on Smith's comedic shoulders alone. The truth shines through clearly. Not everything Will Smith does is funny.

    Based in the television show running from 1965-1970, the simple plot tells the tale of a Civil War era federal marshal James West (Smith), who must team up with a weapons expert (Kevin Kline, at his most painfully unfunny) to thwart the evil plans of the villain, and legless, Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh). Along for the ride is a giant mechanical tarantula, President Grant, and the stunning, gorgeous, lovely, and just plain old hot Salma Hayek. The plot is just a simple excuse to push the characters through endless scenes that give birth to no laughs at all. Scenes that make the audience gringe with fear, as if something wrong is with them. Fear not my good people, these are professionals up on screen, and they blew it.

    The screenplay, credited to FOUR writers, has the damnedest time to make any of the jokes funny. You would not believe just how far the cast goes to make this limp material work. It's embarrassing to watch, and even more embarrassing for the actors. There is not one funny moment in the film, not even a courtesy laugh for the attempt. Dead silence. I also disapprove of the attempt to squeeze racial jokes into the mix. Yes, Will Smith is African-American, but do we need to call attention to it every five minutes? The movie would've been better served had it left the race issue alone and just played up the potential fun of the concept.

    Will Smith is simply miscast as the hero. He's an amiable actor who's proven himself with stronger material. This film clearly shows just how paper thin the Smith charm can be. While Kevin Kline tries but fails as well, it's really Hayek's role that's a mystery. She's barely in the film, and when her character is explained, you come to realize that she's not apart of the story at all. Hayek has always been a fun performer with winning personality. All this movie asks of her is to be the butt (literally) of a few jokes and keep the cleavage coming. A shameful waste of talent.

    Director Sonnenfeld has also been at the helm of better pictures ("Get Shorty"), but for some reason I have yet to see a truly great film directed by him. There always seems to be a spark missing from the action, like a better, funnier film was in there somewhere but he can't find it. Relying in great amounts on special effects and the considerable use of easy-to-spot green screen shots, the typical Sonnenfeld camera work is either buried under all the mayhem or just not inventive when the attempt is actually made. This is a very top-heavy production with little chance to breathe. But Sonnenfeld made this choice, he must be held accountable for it.

    The movie has been through many edits, and this shows with wildly out of tune continuity and many unexplained plot twists. Also grating on the brain is Elmer Bernstein's annoying and featherweight musical score. While we have Warner Brothers shamefully trotting out it's "We pray it's as big as the 'Men In Black'" Will Smith rap tune, Bernstein provides a flat score that serves no purpose to enliven the film. The cinematography is also without color, and the catering probably sucked too.

    "Wild Wild West" is the product of zero imagination. A lifeless summer film that seems to stick out even more in this unusually good movie season. I am always wary of comic westerns, and this film seals that envelope. If this is what 160 million buys you? I'll take the 3 million "South Park" any day.------------ 0
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      • June 30, 1999 (United States)
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    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Peters Entertainment
      • Sonnenfeld Josephson Worldwide Entertainment
      • Todman, Simon, LeMasters Productions
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