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Wild Wild West

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• Comedy
• Sci-fi

• 1999
• Barry Sonnenfeld
• 101 mins
• 12

Summary

Western adventure based on the 1960s TV series, starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline. Two government agents with different approaches to the job are brought together to thwart a plan by an embittered scientist to assassinate the President of the United States.

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Review

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Alan Jones

It may be superficial and predictable, with special effects bloated out of all proportion, but this western fantasy from Men in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld is still good-natured fun thanks to the winning charisma of Will Smith and some fabulous Jack-in-the-Box gadgetry. Little more than Lethal Weapon in the Old West, shaken and stirred with a touch of James Bond, the plot has Smith and Kevin Kline as mismatched US Secret Service agents using anachronistic contraptions and fancy disguises to stop mad genius Kenneth Branagh from assassinating President Grant (Kline again). The script is remorselessly smutty, the one-liners are below average ("No more Mr Knife Guy") and the giant mechanical spider climax endlessly drawn out, but the wildly inventive gizmos (the best being the metal collars that attract magnetic blades) give entertainment value and draw a shield over the numerous flaws.

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5.0/10

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Cast

rolenameJames WestWill SmithArtemus Gordon / President Ulysses S GrantKevin KlineDr Arliss LovelessKenneth BranaghRita EscobarSalma HayekColemanM Emmet WalshGeneral McGrathTed LevineAmazoniaFrederique Van Der WalMunitiaMusetta VanderMiss EastBai Ling

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rolenameDirectorBarry Sonnenfeld

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Brothers

Released on

1999-08-13

Languages

English

Guidance

Edited for violence, swearing, nudity.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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