| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| The opening sequence brings back memories of the TV series it recreates on
the big screen. Not only is Jim West back, but now he's black! I absolutely
love that! Others may criticize feature film remakes of 50/60/70's TV shows
for changing character...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Greg King |
| WILD WILD WEST (PG).
(Warner Bros/Village Roadshow)
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, Ted Levine,
M Emmett Walsh, Frederique van der Wal, Musetia Vander, Sofia Eng,
Bai Ling, Rodney A...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Will Smith, what were you thinking when you signed on to do Barry
Sonnenfeld's WILD WILD WEST? After reading the script by the writing
committee of S. S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price and Peter S.
Seaman, why did you go ahead? Surely someone as...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by David Wilcock |
| Summer movies are, by nature, dumb affairs that are usually made for some
quick enjoyment and to make money. Wild Wild West, the latest Will Smith
affair, follows much the same formula, except that it is dumber and less
enjoying than most summer movies....more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Jamey Hughton |
| Last summer, a feature-length version of The Avengers hit theaters to
the tune of a
unanimous critical panning. Based on the famous 60’s television show,
the film was an enormous box-office flop and a huge disappointment for
Warner Bros. A year later,...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Mr. Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss |
| A lot of people had it in for Wild Wild West the minute they saw the first
trailer. They didn't like the western meets Jules Verne gimmickry. They assumed
the horrible Will Smith-ization of the Stevie Wonder classic "I Wish" was
representative of the...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Frankie Paiva |
| Imagine putting both Addams family movies together, adding a heap of sexual
innuendo, and placing the effects of Men in Black on top of it. Now imagine
taking the dry wit out of all these movies, adding an extreme amount of
violence, ethnical slurs, and...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Chad Polenz |
| Wild Wild West
Chad'z rating: ** (out of 4 = fair/below average)
1999, PG-13, 107 minutes [1 hour, 47 minutes]
[adventure/comedy/western]
Starring: Will Smith (Jim West), Kevin Kline (Artemus Gordon), Kenneth
Branagh (Dr. Arliss Loveless), Selma Hayek...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Curtis Edmonds |
| Remember the scene in A Fish Called Wanda where Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis)
and Otto (Kline) are preparing to double-cross their partners and nab the
look from the safe where it's hidden? Otto cracks the safe open and...
surprise... it's empty. Kline...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| If you haven't plunked down your hard-earned money yet for "Wild Wild
West," the latest summer holiday offering from Will Smith, let me say
right now that your money will be better spent on a Starbuck's
Frappacino or on a Ben & Jerry's Sundae. These...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Christian Pyle |
| Another July Fourth weekend, another big Will Smith action/sci fi release.
This time around, Smith stars in the big screen version of the "Wild Wild West"
TV series (1965-1970), a light-hearted, campy western with lots of science
fiction elements....more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 2.0 stars (out of 4.0)
********************************
Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Stephen Sills |
| I am continually amazed at movies like this. That some producer would
waste an abundance of talent and money on a script as abysmal as this
one is mind-boggeling, but it seems to happen a lot nowadays. "Wild
Wild West" is a beautifully filmed, well...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Robert Workman |
| Warner Bros., in an attempt to get their own Men In Black style of
movie, had managed to lasso in some big names (actor Will Smith and
director Barry Sonnenfeld, the duo behind MIB's success) in order to get
their own Fourth of July blockbuster, a...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Bill Chambers |
| starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek
screenplay by Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson, Peter S. Seaman, and Jeffrey
Price
directed by Barry Sonnenfeld more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
Cast: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, Ted Levine, Bai
Ling.
1999 - 100 minutes
Rated PG-13 (for sexual innuendo and mild profanity).
Reviewed July 3, 1999. more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by James Brundage |
| I'm back. I've been over at the other end of the country for about two
and a half weeks, going through the desert and California for no reason in
particular but unfortunately, in my whirlwind vacation of the country, I
have had no time to view a...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| "Not every situation requires your patented approach of shoot first,
shoot later, shoot some more and then when everybody's dead try to ask a
question or two." more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| 'Wild Wild West' saturates the screen with intense silliness and
deliberately attempts to be the ultimate summer movie. Noisy, filled
with special effects, and full of in jokes from other aspects of pop
culture, the film begins rather poorly but picks...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Brian Takeshita |
| Back in 1965, a show titled "The Wild, Wild West" appeared on the
nation's television sets. The show centered around Robert Conrad as
James West, and Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon, two Secret Service
agents answering directly to President Grant and sent...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| And, of course, the writers six are credited, two for the story and
four for the screenplay, a bad sign have, in their infinite wisdom,
sought to "improve" on the concept of the '60s TV series. more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet
Walsh, Ted Levine, Frederique Van Der Wal
Screenplay: Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, S.S. Wilson
Producers: Jon Peters, Barry...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| President Grant assigns two U.S. Marshals (Will Smith and Kevin Kline)
to stop a deranged madman (Kenneth Branagh) from wreaking havoc on the
country with a giant mechanical spider. more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| Wild Wild West (1999)
Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, Bai Ling,
Frederique Van Der Wal, Musetta Vander, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine, Sofia
Eng, Ian Abercrombie, Kris Andersson, Christian Aubert, Ismael "East"
Carlo, Carlos...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Mark O'Hara |
| As a boy I looked forward to "The Willd, Wild West" on Friday evenings;
after a busy week of grade school, it was a cool way to begin the weekend.
Even cooler were the gadgets produced by Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) and
the swagger of Jim West...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| Based on the 1960s TV series that I had never seen or heard of before this
movie (Be happy, I won't bore you with any lame and unnecessary
comparisons), this film allows Will Smith to take a third stab at the
Independence Day weekend box-office, after...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| WILD WILD WEST
(Warner Bros.)
Starring: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, Ted
Levine.
Screenplay: S. S. Wilson & Brent Maddock and Jeffrey Price & Peter S.
Seaman.
Producers: Jon Peters and Barry Sonnenfeld.
Director: Barry...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Every summer has one: a film that, from early indications, appears to be
a surefire blockbuster, but finds itself under a billowing cloud of bad
buzz as its release date approaches. Last year, it was TriStar's
_Godzilla_; this year's whipping boy has...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "WILD WILD WEST" (Warner Bros.)
After "Independence Day" and "Men in Black," July 4th has
become Will Smith's weekend but his new action/comedy, "Wild Wild
West," doesn't measure up to the fireworks of previous fare. In...more |
| Wild Wild West Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| WILD WILD WEST
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1999 Christopher Null
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