Wild Wild West
It's a whole new west.
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
- 5.3
- 1999
- Released
- 1h 46m
Will Smith
Capt. James West
Kevin Kline
U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon / President Grant
Kenneth Branagh
Dr. Arliss Loveless
Salma Hayek Pinault
Rita Escobar
M. Emmet Walsh
Coleman
Ted Levine
General 'Bloodbath' McGrath
Frederique van der Wal
Amazonia
Musetta Vander
Munitia
Sofia Eng
Miss Lippenrieder
Garcelle Beauvais
Belle
Bai Ling
Miss East
Rodney A. Grant
Hudson
E.J. Callahan
Mr. Pinkerton
Debra Christofferson
Dora Look-Alike
Buck Taylor
Cross-Eyed Reb
James Lashly
Reb #1
Dean Rader Duval
Reb #2
Jerry Wills
Other Reb
Christian Aubert
French Dignitary
Orestes Matacena
Spanish Dignitary
Ian Abercrombie
British Dignitary
Ismael 'East' Carlo
Mexican Dignitary
Bob Rumnock
White House Aide
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Dr. Guillermo Escobar
Jerry Potter
George Washington
Mik Scriba
GuardMichael Sims
Prof. Thaddeus Morton
Dennis Keiffer
Wrench Guy (uncredited)
Derek Mears
Metal Head (uncredited)
Released
en
$170,000,000.00
$222,104,681.00
- #inventor
- #remake
- #steampunk
- #cowboy
- #impersonation
- #steam locomotive
- #gunfighter
- #drag
- #world domination
- #damsel in distress
- #assassination of president
- #action hero
- #buddy movie
- #1870s
Reviews
**_A wild, WILD Western_** This has to be one of the most notorious films ever made. Released in 1999, it's a blockbuster parody of the late-60's TV series with Will Smith in the starring role, which should tip everyone off that it's not meant to be taken seriously (not that the TV series could be taken all that seriously either, just more serious than this movie). Kevin Kline plays James We
THE GOOD: 1) It's funny 2) Got good action 3) The music video is awesome 4) It stars Will Smith and Kevin Kline THE BAD: 1) It didn't live up to the original series 2) Over the top storyline 3) I hate spiders! THE UGLY: 1) This rating right here!
I felt entertained by this. It is a very bonkers film, though it actually works stupidly well in my opinion - the steampunk theme helps it of course. Will Smith and Kevin Kline are a good pairing as West and Gordon. Kenneth Branagh (Arliss) is amusing, I rate his character's design too. I will say the effects around Smith and Kline haven't aged gracefully, but for everything else around them
Steampunk Blockbusterdom! Barry Sonnenfeld's Wild Wild West is a film that I have avoided for over 15 years. I have no frame of reference with the source materials, but even though I'm a big Westerns fan, it wasn't this, or the critical pounding it got on release, that kept me away. It was the original trailers for it, it just looked like a garbled over budgeted mess - which it kinda is. Ho