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Wild Wild West [VHS] [1999]
  

Wild Wild West [VHS] [1999]

VHS ~ Will Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh
  • Directors: Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Writers: Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Peter S. Seaman
  • Producers: Barry Josephson
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 9 Oct 2000
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004Y3QB
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,026 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Wild Wild West, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty), was one of the box-office smashes of the summer of 1999 but was raked by critics and embraced by audiences. Based on the 1960s TV adventure show that starred Robert Conrad, this film re-imagined 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


Synopsis

Two agents working for the President Of The United States in 1869, are assigned the task of tracking down a doctor who is responsible for kidnapping a group of scientists and who plans to assassinate the President.

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The first 'steampunk' film?, 18 Oct 2000
By A Customer
Oh dear, oh dear - could it be that, yet again, the closeted community of film critics has missed the point entirely? Fulminous rumblings about historical innaccuracy are magnificently irrelevant when applied to this film, which seems not so much a Western or a straightforward action movie as an earnest attempt to create the first true 'steampunk' film. For those who don't know, or simply don't care, about science fiction (and shame upon you, you staid stay-at-homes), 'steampunk' is a label popularly applied to recent works of fiction that take the essence of 'cyberpunk' (outlandish hi-tech, meganational companies and conspiracies, and hard-as-nails streetwise lead characters) and transplant it into the latter half of the nineteenth century. It's often a joy to see how 'steampunk' writers rise to the challenge of rebuilding (or is that prebuilding?) technology that we take for granted today with the science and resources available a century ago. 'Wild Wild West' satisfies. The trick of using Leonardo daVinci's sketches is an old one, but a particular delight is the scene in which Artemus Gordon makes literal use of the old adage that a dead man's retinas will retain the last image he sees. And if you were expecting the plot to be given to you on a plate, why didn't you buy one of the swathes of dreary romantic comedies or monotonous 'hi-octane' thrillers that pollute the shelves of your local video store? 'Wild Wild West' is for thinkers, dreamers, and above all those who can appreciate a little imagination.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wild Wild West, 3 Feb 2005
By Rich Milligan (Thatcham, Berkshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Wild West (widescreen version) [DVD] [1999] (DVD)
Look, let's get one thing straight, this film was never meant to be a serious attempt at an accurate historical piece or even a believable, credible thriller. It's a pantomime on film with wonderful costumes, fantastic sets, a baddie you can hiss and boo and goodies you can cheer on to their final victory.

I was quite surprised to see the "12" rating of the film as I watched it with my children (11 and 9) and felt there was no excessive violence or extreme foul language. Indeed the fight scenes are so staged and comical the opposite is true.

OK, Will Smith is never going to be cast in Shakespeare, but he does pull of a mean cool hero, Kevin Klein is good but never reaches his true comic potential in his role, but stealing the show has to be a brilliant Kenneth Branagh hamming it up to the ultimate. The comedy isn't side splitting, but it is jolly and is never far away and there are some pretty snappy one-liners.

A mention has to be made about the sets and props also, futuristic yet antique they are incredibly fantastic and suit the mood of the film perfectly. It's like the industrial revolution gone mad and a wonderland for the lovers of gadgets.

As I say, even if you hated the film for its dubious storyline, it did feature a bevy of beautiful women in tight corsets, which can't be a bad thing can it?

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Despite the bad reviews, it is excellent., 27 Jun 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Wild Wild West (widescreen version) [DVD] [1999] (DVD)
If you couldn't give a damn about accuracy and just want to watch a film for a good laugh, this is the one for you. Packed to the brim with wacky inventions and stupid ideas this film is one of the greatest i have seen in a good number of years
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